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Volume 26, Number 1—January 2020
Research Letter

Legionella pneumophila as Cause of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia, China

Huahua Yi, Jie Fang, Jingwen Huang, Bing Liu, Jieming Qu, and Min ZhouComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China

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Computed tomography images of the lungs of a a 65-year-old woman with community-acquired pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacteria, China, showing absorption of infusion in left lobes after effective treatment. Lung window (A) and bone window (B) at the beginning of treatment showed consolidation in the left lobes; after 1 week of treatment (C), infusion is mostly absorbed in the left lobes.

Figure. Computed tomography images of the lungs of a 65-year-old woman with community-acquired pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacteria, China, showing absorption of infusion in left lobes after effective treatment. Lung window (A) and bone window (B) at the beginning of treatment showed consolidation in the left lobes; after 1 week of treatment (C), infusion is mostly absorbed in the left lobes.

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