A case of Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum pulmonary infection showing multiple nodular shadows in an immunocompetent patient

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Apr;54(4):311-4. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.11.005. Epub 2006 Feb 8.

Abstract

Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum is generally considered nonpathogenic. However, M. nonchromogenicum rarely causes human disease; particularly, pulmonary disease is extremely rare. The common finding of M. nonchromogenicum pulmonary infection on chest X-ray is a solitary cavity. The present report describes an unusual case of M. nonchromogenicum primary pulmonary infection showing multiple nodular shadows.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Radiography