Imaging of Non-tuberculous (Atypical) Mycobacterial Pulmonary Infection

Clin Radiol. 2002 Aug;57(8):661-9. doi: 10.1053/crad.2001.0851.

Abstract

Pulmonary infections due to mycobacterial organisms are increasing in incidence. Non-tuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria (NTM) represent a significant proportion of mycobacterial infections and may prove difficult to diagnose due to their non-specific clinical and radiographic presentations. An increasing volume of radiological data is now available for the more common non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, and we have summarized the imaging features found in such cases, identifying radiographic features that would favour the diagnosis of a non-tuberculous mycobacterium and that, in some cases, suggest a specific organism.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / epidemiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology