This user-friendly book provides a comprehensive overview of diagnostic imaging in infectious and inflammatory diseases in heart and chest. In separate chapters, the authors then introduce clinical images of typical bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections in a wide range of clinical conditions and circumstances.

Overview.- Pathogenesis and Correlation of Infection and Inflammation.- Pathology-Radiology Correlations.- Bacterial Infection.- Viral Infection.- Fungal Infection.- Parasitic Infection.- Mycoplasma Pneumonia.- Chlamydia Pneumonia.- Tsutsugamushi Pneumonia.- Lobar Pneumonia.- Lobular Pneumonia.- Interstitial Pneumonia.- Organized Pneumonia.- Lung Abscess.- Pulmonary Tuberculosis.- AIDS related Lung Infection.- Non AIDS related Lung Infection.- Connective Tissue Disease.- Vasculitis.- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.- Aspiration Pneumonitis.- Drug-induced Pneumonia.- Radiation Pneumonia.- Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonis.- Sarcoidosis.- Langerhan Cell Histiocytosis.- Erdheim-Chester Disease.- CPFE Syndrome.- IgG4 related Lung Diseases.- Eosinophilic Lung Disease.- Mediastinal Disease.- Infective Endocarditis.- Viral Myocarditis.- Aorta Infection.- Postoperative Infection Complications after Heart and Vessel Surgery.- Rheumatic Carditis.- Immunity Myocarditis.- Pericarditis.- Vasculitis.

This user-friendly book provides a comprehensive overview of diagnostic imaging in infectious and inflammatory diseases in heart and chest. It starts with a general review of infectious diseases, including pathogenesis and pathology-radiology correlations. In separate chapters, the authors then introduce clinical images of typical bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections in a wide range of clinical conditions and circumstances. Each disease is clearly illustrated using cases combined with high-quality CT and MRI for readers to correctly identify causes of abnormalities. The book provides a valuable reference source for radiologists and doctors working in the area of infectious and inflammatory diseases.

Practical reference for differential diagnosis of infectious and inflammatory diseases in heart and chest Key points to facilitate rapid and accurate diagnosis A wealth of carefully selected cases and illustrations