The imaging features of nontuberculous mycobacterial immune reconstitution syndrome

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 242-246

  Nunweiler, Christine G ^a,b   Brown, Jacqueline A ^a,b   Phillips, Peter ^a   Ellis, Jen ^a,b   Müller, Nestor L ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV; Immune reconstitution; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; VIRUSES;

HIV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMAGING FEATURES; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION; INFECTED PATIENTS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIAL; NODULARITY; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; SPECTRA'S;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64749101705     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31817ef448     Document Type: Article

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