title: Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule.
abstract: Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection is a rare cause of a solitary pulmonary nodule. All previously reported cases were caused by Mycobacterium avium complex, and a solitary pulmonary nodule caused by other NTM species has been very rarely reported. We describe the first case of Mycobacterium abscessus infection presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule in a 51-year-old asymptomatic adult patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Won-Jung
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: O Jung
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Nam Yong
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joungho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Kyung Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byung-Tae
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology