Mycobacterium avium Pleurisy with Bronchopleural Fistula Resulting in Rapidly Progressive Respiratory Failure Diagnosed by Transbronchial Autopsy

Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease usually manifests as a chronic pulmonary infection. We herein report a fatal case of Mycobacterium avium pleurisy in a man with a refractory bronchopleural fistula that led to rapidly progressive pneumonia. A post-mortem transbronchial biopsy was performed....

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Autores principales: Osaki, Megumu, Kobayashi, Takehiko, Yoshida, Shiomi, Shimizu, Shigeki, Tsuyuguchi, Kazunari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10183272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36130897
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9749-22

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