MYCOBACTERIUM-SCROFULACEUM INFECTION PRESENTING AS LUNG NODULES IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

Authors
LEMENSE GP VANBAKEL AB CRUMBLEY AJ JUDSON MA
Citation
Gp. Lemense et al., MYCOBACTERIUM-SCROFULACEUM INFECTION PRESENTING AS LUNG NODULES IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, Chest, 106(6), 1994, pp. 1918-1920
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
106
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1918 - 1920
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1994)106:6<1918:MIPALN>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Pulmonary nodules have been reported in up to 10 percent of heart tran splant recipients. Most are infectious, with opportunistic pathogens m ost common. Atypical mycobacteria have not been reported as the etiolo gy of pulmonary nodules in a heart transplant recipient. We report a c ase of Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infection presenting as three discre te pulmonary nodules.