A case of bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy developing during treatment for Mycobacterium avium complex

We report a rare case of an immunocompetent patient with Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease in which bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy developed during anti‐MAC treatment. This case indicates that Propionibacterium acnes would be present and might be a cause of sarcoidosis even in patients with...

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Autores principales: Yamanaka, Yumie, Sekine, Akimasa, Yamakawa, Hideaki, Baba, Tomohisa, Okudela, Koji, Takemura, Tamiko, Ogura, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1024
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Sumario:We report a rare case of an immunocompetent patient with Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease in which bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy developed during anti‐MAC treatment. This case indicates that Propionibacterium acnes would be present and might be a cause of sarcoidosis even in patients with MAC.

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