Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule

Intern Med. 2006;45(3):169-71. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1398. Epub 2006 Mar 1.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / diagnostic imaging
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology