HRCT in detection of pulmonary infections from nontuberculous mycobacteria: Personal experience;Esperienza personale nella valutazione HRCT delle infezioni polmonari da micobatteriosi non tubercolari

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-389

  Ferrara, I ^a   Cappabianca, S ^a,d   Brunese, L ^b   Valente, T ^c   Muto, E ^c   Muto, R ^c   Rotondo, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c AORN Monaldi   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Cavitations; HRCT; Lobar segmental consolidation; Nodules; NTM; Small nodules; Treein bud pattern

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LOBE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; PLEURA THICKENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 67649553857     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-009-0375-9     Document Type: Article

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