title: Successful treatment with pneumonectomy for pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infection.
abstract: We report a case of pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) infection with destructive growth in the entire right lung. The patient was 56-year-old woman who had had pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 40 and had been diagnosed as having pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infection 4 years prior to admission at our hospital. Although various antibiotics were administered, persistent fever, hemoptysis and weight loss developed. After undergoing a right pneumonectomy, her clinical symptoms improved dramatically and sputum excretions of M. abscessus ceased. No relapse of the disease has been observed in the 2 years since surgery. Pneumonectomy was very effective for refractory M. abscessus infection that destroyed the right lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo. keishi_sugino@ybb.ne.jp
authors.forename: Keishi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugino
authors.forename: Minaho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Motohide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gocho
authors.forename: Kyohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaburaki
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Taito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Emiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Keigo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Sakae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Homma
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*