title: [Solitary pulmonary nodule due to Mycobacterium fortuitum].
abstract: We report the case of an asthmatic man in whom a solitary pulmonary nodule was discovered after an episode of self-limited hemoptysis. Infection was suspected after initial response to empirical antibiotic therapy, and the pathogen was later identified to be a rare mycobacterium. The pulmonary nodule resolved without surgery after oral quinolone therapy. Mycobacterium fortuitum should be added to the list of possible causes of solitary pulmonary nodule in Spain.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martín Serrano
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Soler Sempere
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hernández Blasco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romero Candeira
mesh_terms: D042462:4-Quinolones; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D042462:4-Quinolones; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents