[Solitary pulmonary nodule due to Mycobacterium fortuitum].
We report the case of an asthmatic man in whom a solitary pulmonary nodule was discovered after an episode of self-limited hemoptysis. Infection was suspected after initial response to empirical antibiotic therapy, and the pathogen was later identified to be a rare mycobacterium. The pulmonary nodule resolved without surgery after oral quinolone therapy. Mycobacterium fortuitum should be added to the list of possible causes of solitary pulmonary nodule in Spain.
Martín Serrano
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Servicio de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Spain.
Soler Sempere
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Hernández Blasco
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Romero Candeira
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D042462:4-Quinolones; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D042462:4-Quinolones; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents