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. 2019 Jan;25(1):15–24. doi: 10.3201/eid2501.181131

Table 5. CT findings for 251 patients with HMPV pneumonia without another pathogen, South Korea*.

Characteristic Immunocompetent Solid tumors SOT HCT HM Steroid use Total
Patients with HMPV pneumonia without another pathogen 259 81 36 7 29 41 453
Patients who underwent CT scans 138 43 26 3 23 18 251
Bilateral 100 (72.5) 34 (79.1) 21 (80.8) 3 (100) 20 (87.0) 14 (77.8) 192 (76)
No. involved lobes 3 (2–6) 5 (3–6) 4 (2–5) 6 (6–6) 5 (3–6) 4 (3–5) 4 (2–6)
Macronodule 67 (49) 19 (44) 11 (31) 1 (33) 12 (52) 4 (22) 114 (45)
Patients with centrilobular nodules 101 (73) 28 (65) 17 (47) 2 (67) 13 (57) 13 (72) 174 (69)
Extent of centrilobular nodules 10 (5–30) 10 (0–20) 10 (0–20) 20 (10–20) 10 (0–20) 10 (0–23) 10 (5–20)
Patients with consolidation 57 (41) 20 (47) 13 (50) 0 8 (35) 9 (50) 107 (43)
Extent of consolidation 0 (0–10) 0 (0–15) 3 (0–10) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–10) 8 (0–20) 0 (0–10)
Patients with ground-glass opacity 109 (79) 38 (88) 21 (81) 2 (67) 15 (65) 14 (78) 199 (79)
Extent of ground-glass opacity 10 (10–20) 10 (10–30) 10 (10–23) 10 (10–10) 10 (5–20) 18 (9–33) 10 (10–20)
Bronchial wall thickening 121 (88) 35 (81) 25 (96) 3 (100) 1 (4) 17 (94) 222 (88)
Bronchiectasis 17 (12) 4 (9) 4 (15) 1 (33) 3 (13) 5 (28) 34 (14)
Cavitation 1 (0.7) 0 0 0 0 1 (6) 2 (1)
Lymphadenopathy 40 (29) 14 (33) 6 (23) 0 (0) 2 (9) 6 (33) 68 (27)
Pleural effusion 24 (17) 15 (35) 7 (27) 1 (33) 5 (22) 4 (22) 56 (22)

*Values are no. (%) or median (interquartile range) unless otherwise indicated. CT, computed tomography; HCT, hematologic stem cell transplantation; HM, hematologic malignancy; LRD, lower respiratory tract disease; SOT, solid organ transplants; URI, upper respiratory tract infection.