Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Caused by Mycobacterium lentiflavum in a Patient with Bronchiectasis / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
; : 187-190, 2013.
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ABSTRACT
We report a rare case of lung disease caused by Mycobacterium lentiflavum in a previously healthy woman. A 54-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to chronic cough and sputum. A computed tomography scan of the chest revealed bilateral bronchiectasis with bronchiolitis in the right middle lobe and the lingular division of the left upper lobe. Nontuberculous mycobacteria were isolated twice from three expectorated sputum specimens. All isolates were identified as M. lentiflavum by multilocus sequence analysis based on rpoB, hsp65, and 16S rRNA fragments. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented case of M. lentiflavum lung disease in an immunocompetent adult in Korea.
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Assunto principal:
Escarro
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Tórax
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Bronquiectasia
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Bronquiolite
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Tosse
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Tipagem de Sequências Multilocus
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Coreia (Geográfico)
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Pulmão
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Pneumopatias
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Mycobacterium
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article