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Infected lung with bronchopneumonia as a result of effects from influenza virus.
Camp Pike, Arkansas, 1918.
The patient was admitted on October 10, 1918 with general aching, chills, fever, cough, and a diagnosis of acute bronchitis and infection with influenza virus. Death occurred on October 25 due to bronchopneumonia. Bronchopneumonia often developed after infection with the influenza virus during the pandemic of 1918. This section of right lung shows multiple tan-colored nodules of consolidated inflammatory cells centered on the small airways called bronchioles. The body's reaction to the influenza virus damaged the linings of the airways, making them vulnerable to bacterial infection. Today this could be effectively treated with antibiotics which were not available in 1918. |