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a Admission chest X-ray film 5 days from onset of disease showing right upper lobe consolidation.  b Chest X-ray film showing progression of right upper lobe consolidation on day 8
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Fig1
A chest X-ray film revealed right upper zone infiltrates (Fig. 1a). On day 8, intravenous hydrocortisone was instituted because of radiographic progression of the right upper lobe consolidation (Fig. 1b).
Observation chart showing the pulse-temperature deficit from day 5 to day 7 and the temperature response to steroid treatment
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Fig2
A pulse-temperature deficit resembling that of typhoid fever was noted on the observation chart (Fig. 2).