Pulmonary nodule due to Mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompetent host Journal Article
| Authors: | White, D. A.; Kiehn, T. E.; Bondoc, A. Y.; Massarella, S. A. |
| Article Title: | Pulmonary nodule due to Mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompetent host |
| Abstract: | We present a case of a pulmonary nodular lesion in an immunocompetent patient documented at open lung biopsy to be due to Mycobacterium haemophilum. This organism has recently been recognized as a cause of disease in immunocompromised patients, presenting predominantly as skin lesions, arthritis, and rarely pneumonia. Because this mycobacterium is fastidious and difficult to grow without the use of special media and conditions, our case raises the possibility that M. haemophilum could be an underrecognized cause of granulomatous pulmonary lesions and should be considered particularly in cases where smears for acid-fast bacteria are positive but cultures are negative. |
| Keywords: | adult; middle aged; clinical feature; case report; cigarette smoking; fluorouracil; methotrexate; breast cancer; tomography, x-ray computed; cyclophosphamide; ciprofloxacin; lung; mycobacterium haemophilum; mycobacterium infections; thorax radiography; clarithromycin; doxycycline; rifampicin; antibiotic sensitivity; mycobacteriosis; immunocompetence; disease transmission; lung nodule; streptomycin; amikacin; ethambutol; isoniazid; coin lesion, pulmonary; pyrazinamide; humans; human; female; priority journal; article; open lung biopsy |
| Journal Title: | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine |
| Volume: | 160 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1073-449X |
| Publisher: | American Thoracic Society |
| Date Published: | 1999-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 1366 |
| End Page: | 1368 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 10508830 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI: | 10.1164/ajrccm.160.4.9904003 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 16 August 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
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