A Case of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by Mycobacterium terrae in a Fishery Worker / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: S204-S208, 2011.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by exposure to non-tuberculous mycobacteria in indoor hot tubs has been called "hot tub lung." Most of these cases of hypersensitivity pneumonitis were, in fact, caused by Mycobacterium avium complex. We describe a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by M. terrae. A 54-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of exertional dyspnea, cough, and sputum. The patient had been working in a fishery for 5 years. Approximately 3 months before the onset of symptoms, he began working at another fishery. His chest CT scans showed diffuse ground-glass opacities with multifocal air trappings and centrilobular nodules in both lungs. Transbronchial lung biopsy specimens revealed hypersensitivity pneumonitis. M. terrae was isolated from a mycobacterial culture of his sputum and the water at the fishery.
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Main subject:
Sputum
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Thorax
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Biopsy
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Mycobacterium avium Complex
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Cough
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Dyspnea
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Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic
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Fisheries
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Hypersensitivity
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Lung
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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