title: The many faces of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to review clinical and radiologic manifestations of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Common and well-recognized patterns of infection include cavitary and bronchiectatic disease and infection in AIDS patients. Less common or well-recognized manifestations include nodules or masses mimicking malignancy, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and others. Definitive diagnosis can be difficult and patterns may overlap. Timely diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion and knowledge of the spectrum of clinical and radiologic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: H Page
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: McAdams
authors.forename: Chandra S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Batchu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis