title: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and superinfection with pulmonary tuberculosis in a case.
abstract: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare and diffuse lung process, characterized by the presence of alveolar spaces filled with amorphous eosinophilic material. Impaired macrophage function and impaired host defence due to abnormalities of surfactant proteins may favor the growth of microorganisms. The association of alveolar proteinosis with mycobacterial infections is rarely reported. The PAP and superinfection with pulmonary tuberculosis is defined by radiologic and histopathologic in a 46 year-old patient. The patients with PAP should be monitored for superinfection. It may cause the disease progression and radiological, clinical symptoms may improve with treatment of superinfection.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Suat Seren Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serpil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tekgül
authors.affiliation: Dr. Suat Seren Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Semra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilaceroglu
authors.affiliation: Dr. Suat Seren Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevket
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkaya
authors.affiliation: Dr. Suat Seren Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.affiliation: Dr. Suat Seren Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Komurcuoglu
authors.affiliation: Dr. Suat Seren Education and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Kadri
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cirak
keywords: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis; Radiology; Tuberculosis