Mycobacterium xenopi infection in an immunosuppressed patient with Crohn's disease.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 48 year old patient with active Crohn's disease presented with bilateral nodules over his lungs resembling malignant metastasis. Bronchoscopic and pathological examination of the airways and sputum did not show any malignancy. After 6 weeks Mycobacterium xenopi was cultured from his bronchial washings while all other cultures remained negative. Treatment was started with rifampicin, ethambutol, and clarithromycin and, after 9 months of treatment, there was an almost complete resolution of his chest radiograph.
Medical subject headings
- Crohn Disease
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
- Mycobacterium xenopi
- Opportunistic Infections
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary