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[Surgical treatment of mycobacterium avium complex infection in a patient with chronic empyema]
H Yamamoto1, T Osako, R Aogauchi
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Sanatrium Hyogo Chuo Hospital, Sanda, Japan.
Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
Atypical mycobacterial infection mostly develops in the lung and its occurrence outside of the lung is very rare. We report a case of mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection found with chronic empyema piercing out of the thoracic wall, to which surgical treatment was very successful. A 72-year old male had been treated for an abscess of right thoracic wall. MAC was isolated from thoracic effusion. Thoracic window and pan-pleuro-pneumonectomy was performed. No recurrence of MAC infection was found up to 1 year and 4 months when he died of accident.