title: Endobronchial lesions involved in Mycobacterium avium infection.
abstract: Mycobacterium avium (M. avium) has been described traditionally as an opportunistic organism that causes disseminated disease in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive population and that acts as a pulmonary pathogen in patients with underlying lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or previously diagnosed tuberculosis. Pulmonary involvement of M. avium may range from asymptomatic colonization of the airway to invasive parenchymal or cavitary disease. However, endobronchial lesions involved in M. avium infection are rare in either immunocompetent or immunosuppressed hosts. We report here endobronchial mycobacterial infection in a HIV-negative patient.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara-city, Nara 634-8522, Japan. kfukuoka@nmu-gw.naramed-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Shigeto
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hontsu
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009162:Mycobacterium avium; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents