Lung Disease

Studies from Seoul National University, Medical Department describe new findings in lung disease

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 23rd, 2010

"Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is the second most common nontuberculous mycobacteria. (NTM) in South Korea. Nevertheless, the diagnosis and treatment of M. abscessus lung disease call be problematic," scientists writing in the Yonsei Medical Journal report.

"Surgical resection has been tried for patients with localized M. abscessus lung disease refractory to medical treatment. Here, we report oil a 25-year-old woman with M. abscessus lung disease who had been diagnosed and treated three times for pulmonary tuberculosis. She was initially diagnosed as having M. intracellulare lung disease; however, M. abscessus was isolated after-several months of...

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