A Case of Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease in a Patient with H1N1 Influenza Pneumonia.
10.4046/trd.2010.69.3.207
- Author:
Kyoungwon JUNG
1
;
Hoon YU
;
Taehoon LEE
;
O Sung KWON
;
Suk Won CHOI
;
Se Hun KANG
;
Tae Sun SHIM
;
Dong Soon KIM
;
Jin Woo SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jwsong@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype;
Mycobacterium abscessus;
Mycobacteria, Atypical
- MeSH:
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid;
Cough;
Fever;
Humans;
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype;
Influenza, Human;
Lung;
Lung Diseases;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Mycobacterium;
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria;
Pneumonia;
Sputum;
Thorax;
Viruses
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2010;69(3):207-211
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Novel influenza A (H1N1) virus is a common pathogen of febrile respiratory infection recently. Here, we report the case of a 63-year-old male patient who presented with 3 days' ongoing cough and fever. He was diagnosed with novel influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia by real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction (rRT-PCR). During treatment for novel influenza A (H1N1), his symptoms and radiologic findings improved initially, but multiple lung nodules developed subsequently and found on chest x-ray (on the 5th hospital day). Mycobacterium abscessus was isolated repeatedly from sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease in a patient with H1N1 influenza pneumonia.
