title: A case of Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum pulmonary infection showing multiple nodular shadows in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum is generally considered nonpathogenic. However, M. nonchromogenicum rarely causes human disease; particularly, pulmonary disease is extremely rare. The common finding of M. nonchromogenicum pulmonary infection on chest X-ray is a solitary cavity. The present report describes an unusual case of M. nonchromogenicum primary pulmonary infection showing multiple nodular shadows.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital, Isahaya 854-8501, Japan. toyosawai@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Toyomitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawai
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izumikawa
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higashiyama
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirakata
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography