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- Title
First report of solitary cavitation nodules in the lungs with Mycobacterium canariasense.
- Authors
Jing Liu; Meiying Wu; Jianping Zhang; Cuilin Shi
- Abstract
Introduction: Mycobacterium canariasense is a relatively rare and rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) infection. Case report: This case report describes a 36-year-old man with a Canariasense infection in the lung with solitary cavitation nodules located subpleural on CT scan, for which the final diagnosis was made by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF-mNGS). It was successfully treated with levofloxacin and amikacin. Conclusions: This experience is instructive because clinical diagnostic and CT imaging characteristics and treatment strategy guidelines for pulmonary infections caused by M. canariasense have not yet been established.
- Subjects
PULMONARY nodules; CAVITATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; COMPUTED tomography; LUNG infections; PULMONARY alveolar proteinosis; SOLITARY pulmonary nodule
- Publication
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2024, Vol 18, Issue 5, p826
- ISSN
2036-6590
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3855/jidc.18535