Pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium xenopi in an Australian man.
A 63-year-old man with a history of increasing cough with sputum, weight loss, and lethargy was found to have pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium xenopi, a species rarely seen in Australia. Chemotherapy was successful. Apart from war service in Papua New Guinea, the patient had not travelled outside Australia.
D001315:Australia; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011736:Pyridoxine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D004977:Ethambutol; D011736:Pyridoxine; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin