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Chest computed tomography on the first visit to our hospital: pneumonia can be seen in the left lower lobe on lung window (A) and mediastinal window (B) (arrows).
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Chest computed tomography (CT) showed left lower lobe pneumonia, mild left pleural effusion, and mediastinal adenopathy (Figures 1 and 2).
(A) Arrow shows mediastinal adenopathy, and (B) arrow shows mild left pleural effusion.
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Chest computed tomography (CT) showed left lower lobe pneumonia, mild left pleural effusion, and mediastinal adenopathy (Figures 1 and 2).
A total of 56 DNA readings of Treponema pallidum in BALF, with coverage of 0.37%.
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T. pallidum genome, with 0.37% coverage (Figure 3). The details of mNGS sequencing and analysis in the Guangzhou Sagene Biotech
Chest CT after 1 month of treatment. (A) Arrow shows that pneumonia was resolved, and (B) arrow shows that pleural effusion disappeared.
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After one month, the CT scan showed that pleural effusion disappeared and pneumonia was resolved (Figure 4).