title: Mycobacterium fortuitum pulmonary infection complicating achalasia.
abstract: Achalasia is a cause of chronic aspiration pneumonia that may be complicated by pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum. In any patient with achalasia, the presence of a pulmonary infiltrate that does not respond to routine antibiotic therapy should suggest the possibility of M fortuitum pulmonary infection, and sputum should be cultured for these organisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40536-0084.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Woodring
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Vandiviere
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dillon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000150:complications; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications*; D006209:Halitosis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*