Pleuritis due to Mycobacterium xenopi without pulmonary infection (original) (raw)

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Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) may cause pulmonary and extra-pulmonary disease in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Pleuritis is an uncommon manifestation on NTM disease, and pleuritis caused byMycobacterium xenopihas only been described once before. Because it is considered to be an environmental contaminant, isolation ofM. xenopifrom bronchopulmonary secretions or other sites is often dismissed. The disease caused byM. xenopiis usually a pulmonary infection and typically occurs in severely immunocompromised individuals or in immunocompetent patients with an underlying chronic lung disease. We describe an unusual case of pleuritis caused byM. xenopiin a patient without an underlying chronic lung disease and with no evidence of a concurrentM. xenopipulmonary infection.

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