Pneumonectomy secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum in infancy

R F Paone; L C Mercer; B A Glass

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(91)91036-u

Pneumonectomy secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum in infancy

Ann Thorac Surg. 1991 Jun;51(6):1010-1. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(91)91036-u.

Authors

R F Paone¹, L C Mercer, B A Glass

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Regional Academic Health Center, El Paso 79905.

PMID: 2039299
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(91)91036-u

Abstract

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

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Infant
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / pathology
Male
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*