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. 2015 Apr 3:557–582.e22. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4557-3383-5.00033-6

eFigure 33-11.

eFigure 33-11

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.

A, Frontal chest radiograph in a patient subsequently proven to have methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia shows left lung consolidation (arrows) with internal lucency consistent with necrosis and cavitation. B, Axial chest CT displayed in lung windows shows left lower lobe consolidation with internal lucency (arrows) consistent with a necrotic pneumonia. The patient recovered following antibiotic therapy.

(Courtesy Michael Gotway, MD.)