Thoracic empyema due to nontuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent patient without pulmonary disease: a case report

BACKGROUND: Pleural involvement by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), especially NTM empyema in the immunocompetent patient without pulmonary diseases is a rare disease. It is difficult to diagnose with only a few cases of immunodeficient patients in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a...

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Autores principales: Yu, Fengjiao, Li, Yongxia, Luo, Jing, Chen, Xingru, Jiang, Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10278247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37337175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02494-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10278247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37337175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02494-5

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