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Clinical Radiology

Volume 57, Issue 8, August 2002, Pages 661-669
Clinical Radiology

Review
Imaging of Non-tuberculous (Atypical) Mycobacterial Pulmonary Infection

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Abstract

Pulmonary infections due to mycobacterial organisms are increasing in incidence. Non-tuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria (NTM) represent a significant proportion of mycobacterial infections and may prove difficult to diagnose due to their non-specific clinical and radiographic presentations. An increasing volume of radiological data is now available for the more common non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, and we have summarized the imaging features found in such cases, identifying radiographic features that would favour the diagnosis of a non-tuberculous mycobacterium and that, in some cases, suggest a specific organism. Ellis, S. M. and Hansell, D. M. (2002). Clinical Radiology57, 661–669.

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    Author for correspondence and guarantor of article: David M. Hansell, Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, U.K. Fax: 020 7351 8098.

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