Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Caused by Mycobacterium lentiflavum in a Patient with Bronchiectasis.
10.4046/trd.2013.74.4.187
- Author:
Byeong Ho JEONG
1
;
Jae Uk SONG
;
Wooyoul KIM
;
Seo Goo HAN
;
Yousang KO
;
Junwhi SONG
;
Boksoon CHANG
;
Goohyeon HONG
;
Su Young KIM
;
Go Eun CHOI
;
Sung Jae SHIN
;
Won Jung KOH
Author Information
1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. wjkoh@skku.edu
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria;
Bronchiectasis;
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
- MeSH:
Adult;
Bronchiectasis;
Bronchiolitis;
Cough;
Female;
Humans;
Korea;
Lung;
Lung Diseases;
Multilocus Sequence Typing;
Mycobacterium;
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous;
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria;
Sputum;
Thorax
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2013;74(4):187-190
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a rare case of lung disease caused by Mycobacterium lentiflavum in a previously healthy woman. A 54-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to chronic cough and sputum. A computed tomography scan of the chest revealed bilateral bronchiectasis with bronchiolitis in the right middle lobe and the lingular division of the left upper lobe. Nontuberculous mycobacteria were isolated twice from three expectorated sputum specimens. All isolates were identified as M. lentiflavum by multilocus sequence analysis based on rpoB, hsp65, and 16S rRNA fragments. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented case of M. lentiflavum lung disease in an immunocompetent adult in Korea.
