title: [Surgical treatment of mycobacterium avium complex infection in a patient with chronic empyema].
abstract: Atypical mycobacterial infection mostly develops in the lung and its occurrence outside of the lung is very rare. We report a case of mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection found with chronic empyema piercing out of the thoracic wall, to which surgical treatment was very successful. A 72-year old male had been treated for an abscess of right thoracic wall. MAC was isolated from thoracic effusion. Thoracic window and pan-pleuro-pneumonectomy was performed. No recurrence of MAC infection was found up to 1 year and 4 months when he died of accident.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Sanatrium Hyogo Chuo Hospital, Sanda, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osako
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aogauchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hironaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004653:Empyema / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy