title: Community acquired pneumonia caused by M. tuberculosis--diagnosis with CT.
abstract: A female Somalian patient presenting with a clinical picture compatible with community-acquired bilateral lobe pneumonia failed to respond to empirical anti-microbial treatment. CT of the chest revealed cavitation of the apical segment of the right lower lobe, and this feature pointed to the correct diagnosis: tuberculous pneumonia, which was eventually confirmed with cultures taken during bronchoscopy. This is the first report of the use of chest CT in the diagnosis of lower lobe tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Tuberculosis Unit, Beatrixoord, Haren, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: van der Werf
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: van der Jagt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Altena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology