Radiographic and CT findings of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium abscessus.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of our study was to describe the radiographic and CT findings in patients with pulmonary infections caused by Mycobacterium abscessus, one of the more common rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria that cause lung disease.


CONCLUSIONS
The main radiologic and CT manifestations of M. abscessus lung infection are bilateral small nodular opacities, bronchiectasis, and cavity formation.
Han
Daehee
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Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
Lee
Kyung Soo
KS
Koh
Won-Jung
WJ
Yi
Chin A
CA
Kim
Tae Sung
TS
Kwon
O Jung
OJ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed