Computed tomographic abnormalities in Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease include the mosaic pattern of reduced lung attenuation

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-102

  Maycher, Bruce ^a   O'Connor, Robert ^b   Long, Richard ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIECTASIS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034032738     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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