Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infection presenting as lung nodules in a heart transplant recipient.
Pulmonary nodules have been reported in up to 10 percent of heart transplant recipients. Most are infectious, with opportunistic pathogens most common. Atypical mycobacteria have not been reported as the etiology of pulmonary nodules in a heart transplant recipient. We report a case of Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infection presenting as three discrete pulmonary nodules.
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Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
VanBakel
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Crumbley
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Judson
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D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D015359:Mycobacterium scrofulaceum; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology