Lung ultrasonography versus chest CT for assessing peripheric pulmonary lesions in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: a prospective comparative study in China.

• LUS could detect more positive findings than chest CT in assessing peripheric pulmonary lesions in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). • Compared with chest CT, LUS showed high sensitivity but relatively low specificity when diagnosing the peripheric pulmonary lesions caused by HFRS. • Both LUS and chest CT scores correlated with the disease severity, hospital days, and partial laboratory profiles in HFRS.