Korean J Med.
2005 Oct;69(4):424-427.
Successful treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease with pneumonectomy combined with antibiotic therapy: A case report
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- 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. wjkoh@smc.samsung.co.kr
- 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Radiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Mycobacterium abscessus is the most common respiratory pathogen in rapidly growing mycobacteria and is resistant to all of the first-line antituberculosis drugs. M. abscessus is extremely difficult to eradicate with antibiotic treatment. The only curative approach to therapy for M. abscessus lung disease is surgical resection of the involved lung. We describe a patient of M. abscessus lung disease who was successfully treated with surgical lung resection combined with antibiotic therapy. This is the first case report in Korea that the patient underwent successful surgical lung resection for the curative treatment of M. abscessus lung disease.
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