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- Title
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease in an Immunocompetent Adolescent.
- Authors
Kin-Sun Wong; Tzou-Yien Lin; Yhu-Chering Huang; Chih-Yung Chiu
- Abstract
We report a 16-year-old previously healthy boy who presented with a 6-week history of fever, anorexia, weight loss, and respiratory distress. The chest radiograph showed bilateral upper infiltrates and cavitations indistinguishable from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. He was actually infected with M. kansasii. Treating Mycobacterium in an immunocompetent child requires multiple antimycobacterial drugs, including isoniazid, rifampicin, and ethambutol for at least 12 months after negative sputum culture.
- Subjects
MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; LUNG diseases; JUVENILE diseases
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2008, Vol 53, Issue 7, p908
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Case Study