GENERAL RADIOLOGY
Filariasis
Fig. 25.1 Acute disseminated encephalomeningitis. (a) MRI T2WI demonstrates multiple round-like high-signal lesions in bilateral semioval centrum with different sizes and clearly defined boundaries. (b) Contrast imaging demonstrates slight enhancement…
Neonatal Tetanus
Fig. 16.1 Neonatal tetanus complicated by pulmonary atelectasis (a) Chest X-ray demonstrates no obvious abnormality when hospitalized. (b) By reexamination after 8 days, chest X-ray demonstrates atelectasis of the upper…
Human Streptococcus suis Infection
Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China, Clinical guideline for human Streptococcus suis infection [EB/OL]. [2006-12-31]. http://www.moh.gov.cn/newshtml/17110.Htm. Suankratay C, Intalapaporn P, Nunthapisud P, et al. Streptococcus suis meningitis…
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis
Fig. 9.1 Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. (a, b) Transverse CT scanning demonstrates obviously enlarged cerebroventricular system including the four ventricles and communicating hydrocephalus. (c) Transverse FLAIR sequence demonstrates patches of high…
Epidemic and Endemic Typhus
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht and People’s Medical Publishing House 2015Hongjun Li (ed.)Radiology of Infectious Diseases: Volume 210.1007/978-94-017-9876-1_8 8. Epidemic and Endemic Typhus Li Li1 and Guiying Li2 (1) Department of Radiology, Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital…
Diphtheria
Fig. 7.1 Pharyngeal diphtheria. Enhanced CT scanning of the nasal sinus demonstrated soft tissue swelling of the uvula, the soft palate, the oropharynx, and nasopharynx (Reprint with permission from Khodaei…
Cat Scratch Disease
Fig. 4.1 CSD lymphadenitis in the right armpit. (a) MR imaging demonstrates oval nodules in the right armpit, with surrounding edema. T1WI signals are equal (indicated by arrows). (b) T2WI…
Chlamydia pneumoniae Pneumonia
Fig. 5.1 Micrograph of Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae in an epithelial cell in acute bronchitis: 1 infected epitheliocyte, 2 uninfected epitheliocytes, 3 chlamydial inclusion bodies in cell, 4 cell nuclei 5.1.2…