Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical manifestations, the feature of chest X-ray, the clinical outcome, and the clinical treatments of severe pneumonic plague. METHODS: RESULTS: All of the 5 patients presented with high fever, bloody sputum and difficulty breathing. The chest X-ray showed signs consistent with necrotizing inflammation with multiple lobar involvement. Mass-like lesions might coalesce, and the "white lung" sign might appear. Three out of the 5 patients presented with hypoxemia. The results of reverse indirect hemagglutination assay (RIHA) in these patients were positive on the second day of the illness onset. All of these patients recovered after antibiotic therapy and other treatments. However, the absorption of lung lesions was very slow. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Wangjie Dawa, Wen-jun Pan, Xi-ying Gu, Shu-qiong Zhang, Ciren Dawa, Xi Yi, Zhuoga Ciwang, Yi Wang, Su-ying Li, Rong-meng Jiang |
Journal | Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases
(Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi)
Vol. 34
Issue 6
Pg. 404-8
(Jun 2011)
ISSN: 1001-0939 [Print] China |
PMID | 21781509
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Plague
(diagnosis, drug therapy, therapy)
- Tibet
- Young Adult
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