Visualizing Pulmonary Mycobacteroides abscessus Infections with ¹¹C Paraaminobenzoic Acid Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography: A Journey, from Bench to Bedside

Charles L Daley^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine National Jewish Health Denver, Colorado.
² School of Medicine University of Colorado Aurora, Colorado.
³ Department of Medicine The Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai New York, New York.

Editorial

Charles L Daley. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;211(7):1122-1124.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202505-1147ED.

Charles L Daley^{1

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3}

¹ Department of Medicine National Jewish Health Denver, Colorado.
² School of Medicine University of Colorado Aurora, Colorado.
³ Department of Medicine The Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai New York, New York.

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Dynamic ¹¹C-Para-Aminobenzoic Acid Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography for Visualizing Pulmonary Mycobacteroides abscessus Infections.
Masias-Leon Y, Ruiz-Gonzalez CE, Nino-Meza OJ, Singh M, Sarhan MO, Chen X, Flavahan K, Kronenberg A, Tucker EW, Freundlich JS, Lodge MA, Carroll LS, Parrish N, Lechtzin N, Jain SK. Masias-Leon Y, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Jul;211(7):1253-1263. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202409-1792OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025. PMID: 40153540 Free PMC article.

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