Pleurisy Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus in a Young Patient with Dermatomyositis: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature

M. abscessus is a rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) and is the most common cause of pulmonary RGM infection. M. abscessus pleurisy is extremely rare. We herein report the case of a young patient with M. abscessus pleurisy without any lung lesions. A laboratory analysis of the pleural effusion revea...

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Autores principales: Noguchi, Shingo, Hanami, Kentaro, Miyata, Hiroko, Torii, Ryo, Shimabukuro, Ikuko, Kubo, Satoshi, Obata, Hideto, Yoshii, Chiharu, Yatera, Kazuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5919860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29269658
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9537-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5919860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29269658
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9537-17

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