Mycobacterium avium pleuritis with multiple nodules in the pleura

Mycobacterium avium pleuritis with multiple nodules in the pleura

Abstract As opposed to tuberculosis, pleurisy hardly develops in patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection. In spite of increasing prevalence of NTM infection, little is known about thoracoscopic or pathological findings of the NTM‐infected pleura. We now report the first case of NTM...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Ogata, Eiji Harada, Tomoaki Takao, Kayo Ijichi, Naoki Hamada, Koichiro Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-08-01
Series:Respirology Case Reports
Subjects:
Epithelioid cell granuloma
Mycobacterium avium
nontuberculous mycobacteria
pleuritis
thoracoscopy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.608

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