title: Radiographic and CT findings of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium abscessus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Daehee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Kyung Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Won-Jung
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Chin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Tae Sung
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: O Jung
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: 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