Infected pulmonary sequestration caused by Mycobacterium kansasii
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Pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium kansasii: findings on computed tomography of the chest*
OBJECTIVE To describe the main tomography findings in patients diagnosed with pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium kansasii. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective study of computed tomography scans of 19 patients with pulmonary infection by M. kansasii. RESULTS Of the 19 patients evaluated, 10 (52.6%) were male and 9 (47.4%) were female. The mean age of the patients was 58 years (range...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.037705