Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritis with massive pleural effusion.
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چکیده
Atypical mycobacterial infection is seldom accompanied by pleural involvement. We report a very rare case of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritis with massive pleural effusion. The patient was a non-immunocompromised 35-year-old Japanese male with insidious onset of fever, chest pain and anorexia. The pleural effusion gradually resolved with empirical antimycobacterial treatment, leaving considerable pleural adhesion and thickening.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The European respiratory journal
دوره 8 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995