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Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease in an Immunocompetent Adolescent

Kin-Sun Wong, Tzou-Yien Lin, Yhu-Chering Huang and Chih-Yung Chiu
Respiratory Care July 2008, 53 (7) 908-911;
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Division of Pulmonology
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Yhu-Chering Huang
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Chih-Yung Chiu
Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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We report a 16-year-old previously healthy boy who presented with a 6-week history of fever, anorexia, weight loss, and respiratory distress. The chest radiograph showed bilateral upper infiltrates and cavitations indistinguishable from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. He was actually infected with M. kansasii. Treating Mycobacterium in an immunocompetent child requires multiple antimycobacterial drugs, including isoniazid, rifampicin, and ethambutol for at least 12 months after negative sputum culture.

  • mycobacteria
  • pulmonary disease
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium kansasii
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  • Correspondence: Kin-Sun Wong MD, Department of Pediatric Respiratory Therapy, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, 5 Fu Hsin Street, Kweishan 333, Taoyuan, Taiwan. E-mail: pchest{at}adm.cgmh.org.tw.
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