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Case Report

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease in a Patient with COPD and Bronchiectasis, with Radiological Signs of Lung Tumor

by
Dorota Wyrostkiewicz
1,*,
Monika Szturmowicz
1,
Iwona Bartoszuk
1,
Izabela Siemion- Szcześniak
1,
Lilia Jakubowska
2,
Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć
3 and
Jan Kuś
1
1
1st Department of Lung Diseases National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, 01-138 Warsaw, Poland
2
Department of Radiology National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland
3
Department of Microbiology National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2018, 86(1), 17-22; https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0005
Submission received: 14 November 2017 / Revised: 12 February 2018 / Accepted: 12 February 2018 / Published: 28 February 2018
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Abstract

Mycobacterial lung disease is caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), also known as atypical mycobacteria. NTM are widely distributed in the environment, particularly in soil and water; they may colonize the airways, gastrointestinal tract and genitourinary system, without the apparent signs of disease. Nevertheless, in some risk groups such as patients with chronic lung diseases or with immunodeficiency, mycobacterial lung disease is identified. Recently, increased recognition of mycobacterial lung disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients has been observed, especially in those treated with high doses of inhaled corticosteroids. In the present paper, we describe the patient treated for many years due to COPD and bronchiectasis, with clinical and radiological picture suggestive of lung tumor, in whom final diagnosis of mycobacterial lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium was made.
Keywords: nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease; nontuberculous mycobacteria; Mycobacterium avium; bronchiectasis; lung tumor nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease; nontuberculous mycobacteria; Mycobacterium avium; bronchiectasis; lung tumor

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Wyrostkiewicz, D.; Szturmowicz, M.; Bartoszuk, I.; Siemion- Szcześniak, I.; Jakubowska, L.; Augustynowicz-Kopeć, E.; Kuś, J. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease in a Patient with COPD and Bronchiectasis, with Radiological Signs of Lung Tumor. Adv. Respir. Med. 2018, 86, 17-22. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0005

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Wyrostkiewicz D, Szturmowicz M, Bartoszuk I, Siemion- Szcześniak I, Jakubowska L, Augustynowicz-Kopeć E, Kuś J. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease in a Patient with COPD and Bronchiectasis, with Radiological Signs of Lung Tumor. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2018; 86(1):17-22. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0005

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Wyrostkiewicz, Dorota, Monika Szturmowicz, Iwona Bartoszuk, Izabela Siemion- Szcześniak, Lilia Jakubowska, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć, and Jan Kuś. 2018. "Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease in a Patient with COPD and Bronchiectasis, with Radiological Signs of Lung Tumor" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 86, no. 1: 17-22. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0005

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Wyrostkiewicz, D., Szturmowicz, M., Bartoszuk, I., Siemion- Szcześniak, I., Jakubowska, L., Augustynowicz-Kopeć, E., & Kuś, J. (2018). Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease in a Patient with COPD and Bronchiectasis, with Radiological Signs of Lung Tumor. Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 86(1), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0005

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