Klebsiella pneumonia. Downward bulging of the minor fissure (arrow) due to massive enlargement of the right upper lobe with inflammatory exudate.
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Voluminous inflammatory exudate due to Klebsiella pneumonia
Pneumonia due to Klebsiella infection Tends to form a voluminous inflammatory exudate that produces a homogeneous parenchymal consolidation (containing an air bronchogram) and bulging of an interlobar fissure. High frequency of abscess and cavity formation (rare in pneumococcal pneumonia).