title: Patchy uptake of gallium in the lungs of AIDS patients with atypical mycobacterial infection.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes