Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritic with massive pleural effusion

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Abstract

Atypical mycobacterial infection is seldom accompanied by pleural involvement. We report a very rare case of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritis with massive pleural effusion. The patient was a non-immunocompromised 35-year-old Japanese male with insidious onset of fever, chest pain and anorexia. The pleural effusion gradually resolved with empirical antimycobacterial treatment, leaving considerable pleural adhesion and thickening.

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Okada, Y., Ichinose, Y., Yamaguchi, K., Kanazawa, M., Yamasawa, F., & Kawashiro, T. (1995). Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritic with massive pleural effusion. European Respiratory Journal, 8(8), 1428–1429. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.95.08081428

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