As demonstrated by Huang et al., bronchopneumonia represents the most frequent imaging pattern (59.6% of cases), while consolidation/atelectasis correlates with severe clinical outcomes, including prolonged hospitalization, elevated inflammatory markers (e.g., leukocytosis, CRP), and complications such as necrotizing pneumonia or bronchiolitis obliterans [23]. Here, CRP is linked to bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.