RESUMEN
Chest X-ray is the most common and widely used diagnostic procedure. Chest X-ray is frequently performed not only due to lungs diseases but also in other organs' diseases which indirectly affects lungs. At present computer tomography (CT) which has high resolution becomes to be more and more important. As in other diagnostic method, the main aim of CT is to confirm or reject the presence of disease. During outbreak of pneumonia in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Sverdlovsk region), all patients with suspected legionellosis underwent chest X-ray in front and lateral views. In several cases, computer tomography was performed.
Asunto(s)
Brotes de Enfermedades , Legionelosis/diagnóstico por imagen , Neumonía/diagnóstico por imagen , Femenino , Humanos , Legionelosis/epidemiología , Pulmón/diagnóstico por imagen , Masculino , Neumonía/epidemiología , Federación de Rusia/epidemiología , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos XRESUMEN
One of the key elements in epidemiologic control for infectious diseases is timely and active identification of contacts, which results in in-time hospitalization of patients that are needed it and allows to conduct educational work with the public. Measures for outpatient medical and preventive help in Legionella infection which were developed on the experience of termination of outbreak of pneumonia caused by Legionella in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma in July-August, 2007 are presented.