A62 CLINICAL ASPECTS OF CAP, HCAP, HAP, AND VAP: The Characteristic Findings Of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia On High-Resolution CT: The Significance Of The Areas Served By Lateral Bronchus And Less Air-Bronchogram In Infiltrates

INTRODUCTION

Some studies of chest X-ray findings in Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia (MPP) have reported the inner-middle zone predominance of the abnormalities and less air-bronchogram in consolidation in MPP. More detailed characteristic findings have been reported in the studies of CT, however, these findings have not been studied. In addition, it has been known that the most parts of the inner-middle zone of the lung are served by the lateral bronchus branched from axial pathways of bronchial tree. We speculated that high-resolution CT (HRCT) could detect the abnormalities of the lateral bronchus and the lesions served...