Successful treatment with pneumonectomy for pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infection

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Abstract

We report a case of pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) infection with destructive growth in the entire right lung. The patient was 56-year-old woman who had had pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 40 and had been diagnosed as having pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infection 4 years prior to admission at our hospital. Although various antibiotics were administered, persistent fever, hemoptysis and weight loss developed. After undergoing a right pneumonectomy, her clinical symptoms improved dramatically and sputum excretions of M. abscessus ceased. No relapse of the disease has been observed in the 2 years since surgery. Pneumonectomy was very effective for refractory M. abscessus infection that destroyed the right lung. © 2009 The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.

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Sugino, K., Kobayashi, M., Iwata, M., Gocho, K., Kaburaki, K., Muramatsu, Y., … Homma, S. (2009). Successful treatment with pneumonectomy for pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infection. Internal Medicine, 48(6), 459–463. https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1763

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