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Abstract
Topics Series Infectious Disease: Pneumonia
Pneumonia: Approach to a pathophysiologic background with imaging
Fumikazu Sakai Yusuke Watanabe Nanami Okano
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Saitama International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
ABSTRACT
Imaging findings are manifestation interactions between an infectious agent and host reaction and may be affected by the virulency of infectious agents and altered states of host immunity. Some gap between changes of interaction and imaging manifestions may be found; however, it seems mandatory to understand the fundamentals of immunology and the protection of repiratory infection.
KEYWORDS
Pneumonia Infectious agent Host immunity CT
AJRS, 2(6): 678-687, 2013
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