Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection: Chest CT findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 782-787

  Ajlan, Amr M ^a   Ahyad, Rayan A ^b   Jamjoom, Lamia Ghazi ^a   Alharthy, Ahmed ^a   Madani, Tariq A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; CT; High resolution CT; Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS); Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV); Organizing pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; IOBITRIDOL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LETHARGY; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPUTUM LEVEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX SCINTISCANNING; THROAT CULTURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CORONAVIRUS; CT; EGYPT; HIGH-RESOLUTION CT; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EASTERN RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (MERS); MIDDLE EASTERN RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS (MERS-COV); OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

CORONAVIRUS; CT; HIGH-RESOLUTION CT; MIDDLE EASTERN RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (MERS); MIDDLE EASTERN RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS (MERS-COV); ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910134528     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13021     Document Type: Review

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