A case of Mycobacterium avium complex infection in an immunocompetent man presenting with pericarditis and an HRCT pattern of lymphangitis.

Eur J Intern Med · 2008

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections are rare in immunocompetent subjects. We describe the case of a 47-year-old previously healthy man with a Mycobacterium avium complex infection presenting with acute pericarditis and an atypical radiological pattern of lymphangitis.