Pulmonary infection with rapidly growing mycobacteria in a singer with achalasia: a case report.
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Pulmonary infection with rapidly growing mycobacteria in a singer with achalasia: a case report. / Cramer, Jakob; Sudeck, Hinrich; Burchard, Gerd-Dieter.
in: J INFECTION, Jahrgang 54, Nr. 4, 4, 2007, S. 219-221.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Pulmonary infection with rapidly growing mycobacteria in a singer with achalasia: a case report.
AU - Cramer, Jakob
AU - Sudeck, Hinrich
AU - Burchard, Gerd-Dieter
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We report the case of a 37-year-old male patient with prolonged pneumonia and achalasia. Culture and molecular genetic typing identified Mycobacterium abscessus as causative agent. Treatment with clarithromycin and minocycline over 8 months gradually resolved the infection. Rapidly growing, non-obligate pathogenic mycobacteria are widespread in the environment. Several cases of pulmonary infections with these mycobacteria in patients with achalasia have been reported, suggesting a causative association. This is the first report of a case with isolation of M. abscessus in this context.
AB - We report the case of a 37-year-old male patient with prolonged pneumonia and achalasia. Culture and molecular genetic typing identified Mycobacterium abscessus as causative agent. Treatment with clarithromycin and minocycline over 8 months gradually resolved the infection. Rapidly growing, non-obligate pathogenic mycobacteria are widespread in the environment. Several cases of pulmonary infections with these mycobacteria in patients with achalasia have been reported, suggesting a causative association. This is the first report of a case with isolation of M. abscessus in this context.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 54
SP - 219
EP - 221
JO - J INFECTION
JF - J INFECTION
SN - 0163-4453
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -