Radiographic and CT findings of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium abscessus

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003 Aug;181(2):513-7. doi: 10.2214/ajr.181.2.1810513.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of our study was to describe the radiographic and CT findings in patients with pulmonary infections caused by Mycobacterium abscessus, one of the more common rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria that cause lung disease.

Conclusion: The main radiologic and CT manifestations of M. abscessus lung infection are bilateral small nodular opacities, bronchiectasis, and cavity formation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Diseases / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium chelonae*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*