Pneumonectomy secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum in infancy

Pneumonectomy secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum in infancy

Severe necrotic lung disease as a result of infection with a rapidly growing mycobacteria occurred in a 4-monthold infant. Successful treatment required a pneumonectomy.

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 1991-06, Vol.51 (6), p.1010-1011
Hauptverfasser: Paone, Ralph F., Mercer, Leo C., Glass, Bertram A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system
Biological and medical sciences
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Lung - pathology
Male
Medical sciences
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnostic imaging
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - pathology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - surgery
Pneumonectomy
Radiography
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - pathology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Severe necrotic lung disease as a result of infection with a rapidly growing mycobacteria occurred in a 4-monthold infant. Successful treatment required a pneumonectomy.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/0003-4975(91)91036-U