Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Mycobacterium intracellulare Pleurisy Identified on Liquid Cultures of the Pleural Fluid and Pleural Biopsy

  • Lim, Jong Gu (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • O, Sei Won (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Ki Dong (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Suk, Dong Keun (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Tae Young (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, Konkuk University School of Medicine) ;
  • Shim, Tae Sun (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Universitiy of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Chon, Gyu Rak (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Konkuk University Chungju Hospital, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2012.07.04
  • Accepted : 2012.08.15
  • Published : 2013.03.30
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Abstract

Pleural effusion is a rare complication in non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection. We report a case of Mycobacterium intracellulare pleuritis with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a 69-year-old man presenting with dyspnea. Pleural effusion revealed lymphocyte dominant exudate. M. intracellulare was identified using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method and liquid cultures of pleural effusion and pleural biopsy. After combination therapy for M. intracellulare pulmonary disease, the patient was clinically well at a 1-month follow-up.

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