Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection in immunocompetent patients: Comparison of thin-section CT and histopathologic findings

Radiology

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 880-886

  Jeong, Yeon Joo ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Koh, Won Jung ^a   Han, Joungho ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung, CT; Lung, diseases; Lung, infection; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442645289     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2313030833     Document Type: Article

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