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14503341

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of lung infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus). A 60 year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow found on chest radiography and a bloody sputum. Chest radiography revealed infiltrative and linear shadows in the middle and lower fields of both lungs. The sputum smears were negative for acid-fast bacilli, but sputum culture was positive. Rapidly growing mycobacteria were detected. The patient was treated with clarithromycin. Since M. abscessus was identified from repeated cultures of the sputa, the patient was treated with Imipenem/Cilastatin and Amikacin for four weeks, during which the chest radiography improved. After discharge, the treatment with clarithromycin and minocycline was continued for ten months, and the chest radiography improved further. Our treatment for M. abscessus may be a useful choice for drug treatment of such cases.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1343-3490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
546-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of lung infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus].
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, 3-9, Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports