Mixed Infection of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Lung.
10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.1.50
- Author:
Sungmin SOHN
1
;
Sungho WANG
;
Hyejin SHI
;
Sungrock PARK
;
Sangki LEE
;
Kyoung Taek PARK
Author Information
1. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Inhaled amikacin therapy;
Coinfection;
Mycobacterium abscessus;
Mycobacterium tuberculosis;
Pneumonectomy
- MeSH:
Amikacin;
Coinfection*;
Female;
Humans;
Lung Diseases;
Lung*;
Middle Aged;
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*;
Mycobacterium*;
Pneumonectomy;
Pneumonia;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2017;50(1):50-53
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A mixed infection of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus (Mab) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in the lung is an unusual clinical manifestation and has not yet been reported. A 61-year-old woman had been treated for Mab lung disease and concomitant pneumonia, and was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Despite both anti-PTB and anti-Mab therapy, her entire left lung was destroyed and collapsed. She underwent left pneumonectomy and received medical therapy. We were able to successfully treat her mixed infection by pneumonectomy followed by inhaled amikacin therapy. To the best of our knowledge, thus far, this is the first description of a mixed Mab and MTB lung infection.
