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KMID : 0383820130740030124
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2013 Volume.74 No. 3 p.124 ~ p.128
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Mycobacterium intracellulare Pleurisy Identified on Liquid Cultures of the Pleural Fluid and Pleural Biopsy
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Lim Jong-Gu
Won Sei
Lee Ki-Dong
Suk Dong-Keun
Jung Tae-Young
Shim Tae-Sun
Chon Gyu-Rak
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Abstract
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Pleural effusion is a rare complication in non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection. We report a case of Mycobacterium intracellulare pleuritis with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a 69-year-old man presenting with dyspnea. Pleural effusion revealed lymphocyte dominant exudate. M. intracellulare was identified using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method and liquid cultures of pleural effusion and pleural biopsy. After combination therapy for M. intracellulare pulmonary disease, the patient was clinically well at a 1- month follow-up.
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KEYWORD
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous, Mycobacterium avium Complex, Pleural Effusion
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