Abstract
Although mycobacterial infections are more frequent in lung transplant recipients than in other solid organ recipients only occasional reports of infection from atypical Mycobacteria have been reported in patients receiving lung transplantation. We present a case of pleural and cutaneous infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum in a double-lung transplant recipient. The infection was rapidly responsive to therapy with a two drug regimen and no reduction of immunosuppression was necessary.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Bronchoscopy
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Disease-Free Survival
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Drug Therapy, Combination / administration & dosage
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Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
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Humans
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Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
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Lung Transplantation / immunology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / etiology*
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed