PMID: 15223876Jun 30, 2004Paper

Mycobacterium xenopi infection in an immunosuppressed patient with Crohn's disease

Thorax
C J MajoorG Weers-Pothoff

Abstract

A 48 year old patient with active Crohn's disease presented with bilateral nodules over his lungs resembling malignant metastasis. Bronchoscopic and pathological examination of the airways and sputum did not show any malignancy. After 6 weeks Mycobacterium xenopi was cultured from his bronchial washings while all other cultures remained negative. Treatment was started with rifampicin, ethambutol, and clarithromycin and, after 9 months of treatment, there was an almost complete resolution of his chest radiograph.

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Jun 24, 2005·Inflammatory Bowel Diseases·Faten N Aberra, Gary R Lichtenstein
Jan 15, 2014·World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG·De-Gan LuCai-Qing Zhang
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Oct 30, 2007·Yonsei Medical Journal·Hye Yun ParkBum-Joon Kim
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