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Mycobacterium avium Infection Presenting as Endobronchial Lesions in an Immunocompetent Patient  

Lee, Jae Hee (Department of Internal Medicine, Gumi CHA Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University)
Son, Kyung Sik (Department of Radiology, Gumi CHA Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University)
Park, Ji Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, Gumi CHA Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University)
Kim, Jun Chol (Department of Internal Medicine, Gumi CHA Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University)
Lee, Hyun Woo (Department of Internal Medicine, Gumi CHA Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University)
Kim, Chang Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.60, no.5, 2006 , pp. 571-575 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Mycobacterium avium; Endobronchial lesion; Immunocompetent host;
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