Mycobacterium avium Infection Presenting as Endobronchial Lesions in an Immunocompetent Patient / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 571-575, 2006.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-58663
ABSTRACT
Mycobacterium avium has been traditionally described as an opportunistic organism that causes disseminated disease in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients and acts as a pulmonary pathogen in patients with underlying lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or previously treated tuberculosis. Infections caused by M. avium in immunocompetent hosts usually manifest as 2 distinct subtypes, the upper lobe cavitary form and the nodular bronchiectatic form. However endobronchial lesions due to M. avium infections in immunocompetent host are reasonably rare, and there are no reports of this condition in Korea. We report here a case of endobronchial lesions involved in an M. avium infection in an immunocompetent 21 year-old female patient with no preexisting lung disease.
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Assunto principal:
Tuberculose
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Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica
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Coreia (Geográfico)
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Pneumopatias
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Mycobacterium
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Mycobacterium avium
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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