Mastoiditis secondary to mycobacterium abscessus imaged with gallium-67 scintigraphy
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Mastoiditis secondary to mycobacterium abscessus imaged with gallium-67 scintigraphy
Atypical mycobacterium is rarely seen as a cause of chronic mastoiditis but has been increasingly recognized over the past few years. Mycobacterium abscessus is the most pathogenic and chemotherapy-resistant, rapid-growing mycobacterium of all the four groups. This paper presents a case of a 57-year-old woman who had chronic mastoiditis with recurrent exacerbations. The initial computed tomogra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1823-5530
DOI: 10.2349/biij.4.2.e23