title: [Two cases of lung infection due to Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus].
abstract: Two cases of lung infection due to Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus are reported. Case 1, a 50-year-old female, was a secondary infection-type, and case 2, a 53-year-old female, was a primary infection-type. The 16 cases reported, between the ages of 29 and 76 years, there were 6 males and 10 females. The roentgenographic examinations, revealed that the ratio of the primary and secondary infection-type was 3:1. Effective agents for this organism has not been yet confirmed. In the present study, we treated two patients with AMK and IPM/CS, and obtained negative conversion of the sputum culture as well as improvement of roentgenographic features.
authors.affiliation: National Takada Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kioi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology*; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology*