Mycobacterium avium infection presenting as endobronchial lesions in an immunocompetent patient

Jae Hee Lee, Kyung Sik Son, Ji Hyun Park, Jun Chol Kim, Hyun Woo Lee, Chang Ho Kim

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Abstract

Mycobacterium avium has been traditionally described as an opportunistic organism that causes disseminated disease in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients and acts as a pulmonary pathogen in patients with underlying lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or previously treated tuberculosis. Infections caused by M. avium in immunocompetent hosts usually manifest as 2 distinct subtypes, the upper lobe cavitary form and the nodular bronchiectatic form. However endobronchial lesions due to M. avium infections in immunocompetent host are reasonably rare, and there are no reports of this condition in Korea We report here a case of endobronchial lesions involved in an M. avium infection in an immunocompetent 21 year-old female patient with no preexisting lung disease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)571-575
Number of pages5
JournalTuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Volume60
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2006

Keywords

  • Endobronchial lesion
  • Immunocompetent host
  • Mycobacterium avium

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