Clinical Impact of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease and Role of Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis
Naoto Maruguchi, Eisaku Tanaka, Nobuhiro Okagaki, Yuma Tanaka, Hiroto Sakamoto, Atsushi Takeda, Ryo Yamamoto, Satoshi Nakamura, et al. (15 authors)
Internal Medicine · 2023-03
Abstract
Objective Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is an important complication of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD). However, its diagnosis is challenging, as both CPA and NTM-PD present as chronic cavitary disease. The present study evaluated the impact of CPA on the survival of patients with NTM-PD and revealed the key computed tomography findings for a prompt diagnosis.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria
- Internal medicine
- Confidence interval
- Aspergillosis
- Retrospective cohort study
- Computed tomography