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. 2019 Aug 28;20(17):4220. doi: 10.3390/ijms20174220

Table 1.

Pneumococcal pneumonia in humans.

Clinical presentation
  • fever

  • chills

  • cough

  • productive sputum

  • dyspnea

  • pleuritic chest pain

Complications
  • mental status changes

  • shock

  • respiratory failure

Physical exam
  • signs of a consolidation with asymmetric chest expansion

  • decreased breath sounds

  • crackles

  • bronchophony

  • echophony

  • dullness to percussion

Laboratory findings
  • leukocytosis or leukopenia

  • renal dysfunction

  • decreased oxygenation

Imaging (CXR, CT, lung US)
  • pulmonary infiltrations

  • air bronchogram

  • areas of consolidation

  • occasion pleural effusion

Table legend. CXR: chest X-rays; CT: computerized tomography; US: ultrasounds.