“ Due to Streptococcus, i t accounts for >50% of bacterial pneumonia. Plain film • Consolidation with or without air bronchograms, it...
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Due to Streptococcus, it accounts for >50% of bacterial pneumonia.
Plain film
• Consolidation with or without air bronchograms, it may be multi-lobar or bilateral.
• Pleural effusions are common.
• In children, consolidation may be mass-like, ‘round pneumonia’—more common in the lower zones.
CT
• Consolidation appears more extensive than on plain radiography.
• Lymph node enlargement is common.
• Look for small nodules or ‘tree in bud’ opacities (small airway inflammation).
• Pleural effusions are common; pleural enhancement suggests empyema.
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