A case of Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum pulmonary infection showing multiple nodular shadows in an immunocompetent patient.
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.
Sawai
Toyomitsu
T
Department of Internal Medicine, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital, Isahaya 854-8501, Japan. toyosawai@yahoo.co.jp
Inoue
Yuichi
Y
Doi
Seiji
S
Izumikawa
Koichi
K
Ohno
Hideaki
H
Yanagihara
Katsunori
K
Higashiyama
Yasuhito
Y
Miyazaki
Yoshitsugu
Y
Hirakata
Yoichi
Y
Tashiro
Takayoshi
T
Kohno
Shigeru
S
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