Non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases presenting as solitary pulmonary nodules

• Published in: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease Vol. 14; no. 12; pp. 1635 - 1640
• Main Authors: LIM, J, LYU, J, CHOI, C.-M, OH, Y.-M, LEE, S. D, KIM, W. S, KIM, D. S, LEE, H, SHIM, T. S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris, France IUATLD 01.12.2010; International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy, Needle; Female; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium - isolation & purification; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium Avium-Intracellulare Infection; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - diagnosis; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - drug therapy; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - microbiology; Mycobacterium Infections - diagnosis; Mycobacterium Infections - drug therapy; Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology; Pneumology; Registries; Republic of Korea; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Retrospective Studies; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - diagnosis; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - drug therapy; Solitary Pulmonary Nodule - microbiology; Treatment Outcome; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum; Republic of Korea; Pseudotumor; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Mycobacterium avium; Tuberculoma; Mycobacterial infection; Mycobacterium intracellulare; Infection; Tuberculosis; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Mycobacteriales; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection; Bacteriosis; Mycobacteriaceae; Bacteria; Tumor; Actinomycetes; Pneumology

SETTING: South Korea, 2005-2007.BACKGROUND: Non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases presenting as solitary pulmonary nodules (NTM-SPN) are rare and may be misdiagnosed as tuberculoma.DESIGN: Eleven NTM-SPN patients were enrolled retrospectively and compared with two groups each of 33 patients with up...