Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Patients Requiring Hospitalization
Effects of Bacteremia and HIV Seropositivity on Radiographic Appearance
Rosita M. Shah1,
Sanjay Gupta2,
Elin Angeid-Backman3 and
Judith O'Donnell4
1
Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 111 S. 11th
St., Ste. 3390 Gibbon, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
2
Department of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St.,
New Haven, CT 06520.
3
Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th St., Augusta,
GA 30912.
4
Department of Infectious Disease, Medical College of Pennsylvania, 3300 Henry
Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19129.

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Fig. 1. 50-year-old HIV-negative woman with bacteremia. Chest
radiograph reveals lobar pattern of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Note
homogeneous, confluent air-space consolidation in right upper lobe.
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Fig. 2. 36-year-old HIV-negative man with bacteremia. Chest
radiograph reveals bronchopneumonic pattern of Streptococcus
pneumoniae. Note patchy nonconfluent consolidation in left lower
lobe.
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Fig. 3. 47-year-old HIV-negative woman with bacteremia. Chest
radiograph reveals multifocal lobar consolidation in both lower lobes.
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Fig. 4. 37-year-old HIV-positive man without bacteremia. Chest
radiograph reveals multifocal bronchopneumonia in parahilar regions of both
lungs.
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