Right middle lobe syndrome caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
We have reported a previously undescribed syndrome of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection manifested as localized pulmonary disease that required lung resection and prolonged combined chemotherapy for clinical response in a patient with HIV infection. M fortuitum infections must be considered in HIV-infected patients with possible infectious pulmonary complications.
Lambert
G W
GW
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Baddour
L M
LM
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008878:Middle Lobe Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology