Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Disease With Pleural Empyema in a Patient With Advanced AIDS
| Autor: | Aliya Haider, Cosmina B. Zeana, Tjark Schliep |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Rifabutin Antitubercular Agents Pleural disease Clarithromycin Internal medicine medicine Humans Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections biology business.industry Pleural empyema Respiratory disease General Medicine Mycobacterium avium Complex bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification respiratory tract diseases Surgery Radiography Treatment Outcome Drug Therapy Combination Female Chills medicine.symptom business medicine.drug Mycobacterium Liver abscess |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 338:418-420 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9629 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/maj.0b013e3181acf38d |
| Popis: | Pleural involvement in nontuberculous mycobacterium infection has rarely been reported. We present a case of a patient with advanced AIDS, not on antiretroviral therapy, who presented with massive pleural empyema and splenic and liver abscess secondary to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex. She was a 42-year-old female who was admitted with fever, chills, weight loss, and productive cough of 3 weeks duration. Her pleural fluid cultures were positive for Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex, and no other organism was identified. Our patient had good outcome after treatment with antitubercular agents (isoniazid, rifabutin, and clarithromycin). |
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