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The timelines for a family cluster of psittacosis.
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All 5 patients were assigned to the isolation ward after admission (Fig. 1).
Serial chest CT scans of the 39-year-old female with psittacosis pneumonia (Case 1). The initial CT scan (4 days after the onset) shows consolidations with bronchograms in the right upper lobe (1-1a) and left lower lobe (1-2a). The follow-up CT scan (10 days after the onset) shows the area of consolidation in the right upper lobe (1-1b) and the left have both disappeared (1-2b). Serial chest CT scans of the 20-year-old female with psittacosis pneumonia (Case 2). The initial CT scan (1 days after the onset) shows consolidations with bronchograms in the right upper lobe (2a), The follow-up CT scan (10 days after the onset) shows the area of consolidation in the right upper lobe has decreased (2b). Serial chest CT scans of the 72-year-old male with psittacosis pneumonia (Case 3). The initial CT scan (3 days after the onset) shows patchy hyperdense shadows in the right lower lobe (3a). The followup CT scan (10 days after the onset) shows the area of patchy hyperdense shadows in the right lower lobe has decreased obviously (3b). Serial chest CT scans of the 69-year-old female with psittacosis pneumonia (Case 4). The initial CT scan (3 days after the onset) shows infiltrates and consolidations with bronchograms in the left upper lobe (4a), The follow-up CT scan (10 days after the onset) shows the area of infiltrates and consolidations in the left upper lobe has partially absorbed (4b). Serial chest CT scans of the 47-year-old male with psittacosis pneumonia (case 5). The initial CT scan (1 days after the onset) shows high-density opacity with blurred margins in the left lower lobe and left pleural thickening (5a). The follow-up CT scan (10 days after the onset) shows the consolidations in the left lower lobe only changed a little (5b).
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Details were shown in Table 2 and Fig. 2.
Bronchoscope imagings of Case 1.
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The bronchoscopy findings were hyperemic tracheal and bronchial mild mucosal congestion (Fig. 3).