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Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Caused by Mycobacterium chelonae: A Case Report

Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases,
2013, v.74 no.4, pp.191-194

Wooyoul Kim (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Beom Su Shin (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Hongseok Yoo (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)

Ji Hyun Lee (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)

(Sungkyunkwan University)
Go-Eun Choi (Chungnam National University)


Wooyoul, K. , Beom, S. S. , Hongseok, Y. , Ji, H. L. , Go-Eun, C. , & (2013). Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Caused by Mycobacterium chelonae: A Case Report. Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, 74(4), 191-194.
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Abstract

Mycobacterium chelonae lung disease is very rare. We report a case of lung disease caused by M. chelonae in a previously healthy woman. A 69-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of hemoptysis. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest revealed bronchiolitis associated with bronchiectasis in the lingular division of the left upper lobe. Nontuberculous mycobacteria were isolated three times from sputum specimens. All isolates were identified as M. chelonae by various molecular methods that characterized rpoB and hsp65 gene sequences. Although some new lesions including bronchiolitis in the superior segment of the left lower lobe developed on the chest CT scan 35 months after diagnosis, she has been followed up without antibiotic therapy because of her mild symptoms. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of M. chelonae lung disease in Korea in which the etiologic organisms were confirmed using molecular techniques.

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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Bronchiectasis, Mycobacterium chelonae

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