Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule.
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.
Kwon
Yong Soo
YS
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Koh
Won-Jung
WJ
Kwon
O Jung
OJ
Lee
Nam Yong
NY
Han
Joungho
J
Lee
Kyung Soo
KS
Kim
Byung-Tae
BT
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