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CT Findings of Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare Infections in the Lung
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Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
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Department of Radiology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey
Publication date: 2014-10-15
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Suat Keskin
Necmettin Erbakan University Meram School of Medicine, Beyşehir Street, Akyokuş, Meram, Konya, Turkey, 42080
Eur J Gen Med 2014;11(4):296-298
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ABSTRACT
Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) is the most common pulmonary pathogen in the population with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The most common radiological pattern was multiple pulmonary nodules. The commonly observed CT findings are centrilobular, peribronchovascular nodules, bronchiectasis, consolidation, tree-in-bud, pleural thickening, pleural adhesion.