The Role of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection Caused by Intracellular, Fungal Pathogens and Mycobacteria: A Systematic Review.

Mariaclaudia MeliLucia SpicuzzaMattia ComellaMilena La SpinaGian Luca TrobiaGiuseppe Fabio ParisiAndrea Di Cataldo Giovanna Russo

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

Considering the preliminary data, LUS appears to be a promising point-of-care tool, showing patterns of atypical pneumonia and TB which seem different from patterns characterizing common bacterial infection. The role of LUS in the diagnosis of fungal disease is still at an early stage of exploration. Large trials to investigate sonography in these lung infections are granted.

Keyphrases

early stage
pulmonary hypertension
electronic health record
big data
computed tomography
reactive oxygen species
gram negative
cell wall
squamous cell carcinoma
machine learning
multidrug resistant
lymph node