[Pulmonary infection caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in two patients with bronchiectasis].
Two patients, a woman aged 67 years and a man aged 80 years, had chronic cough among other respiratory symptoms. In the woman, chest radiograph and CT-scan revealed partial atelectasis of the middle lobe and bronchiectasis. In the man, an interstitial pattern was seen on chest radiograph, and CT scan showed diffuse bronchiectasis. In both the man and the woman, non-tuberculous mycobacteria were identified (Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus, respectively). Treatment was successful in both patients. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria can cause considerable pulmonary infection in patients with bronchiectasis.
Daniels
J M A
JM
Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, Wilhelminalaan 12, 1815 JD Alkmaar.
Haitjema
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T
van Altena
R
R
van den Aardweg
J G
JG
Vlaspolder
F
F
Boersma
W G
WG
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome