Mycobacterium xenopi and pulmonary disease.
Mycobacterium xenopi was cultured from a portion of surgically resected lung of an asymptomatic patient who had a renal transplant. The patient was receiving azathioprine and prednisone for the prevention of transplant rejection, as well as treatment for previously diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis. M. xenopi infection was recognized as a second mycobacterial infection. The role of M. xenopi as an opportunistic pathogen in the compromised host is emphasized.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology*