Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pleuritis with massive pleural effusion

Eur Respir J. 1995 Aug;8(8):1428-9. doi: 10.1183/09031936.95.08081428.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection* / diagnosis
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
  • Pleural Effusion / microbiology*
  • Pleurisy / diagnosis
  • Pleurisy / microbiology*