Patchy uptake of gallium in the lungs of AIDS patients with atypical mycobacterial infection.
The gallium scans of seven AIDS patients who cultured positive for atypical mycobacterium were reviewed. Six cultured positive for Mycobacterium avium intracellulare, while one for Mycobacterium xenopi. A patchy uptake pattern of gallium in the lungs of these patients was identified.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009162:Mycobacterium avium; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes