Taylor L Q, Williams A J, Santiago S
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Veterans Administration Wadsworth Division, Los Angeles, California 90073.
Tubercle. 1990 Dec;71(4):303-5. doi: 10.1016/0041-3879(90)90047-c.
A 62-year-old male residing in Los Angeles, California, presented with a right upper lobe nodule associated with dry cough and weight loss. Mycobacterium asiaticum was isolated from sputum on two separate occasions. The patient was subsequently treated with four antituberculous drugs, with bacteriologic conversion. This is the first report of pulmonary disease caused by M. asiaticum in the United States. The bacteriologic, immunologic and clinical aspects are reviewed.
一名居住在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的62岁男性，出现了与干咳和体重减轻相关的右上叶结节。在两次不同的痰标本中分离出亚洲分枝杆菌。该患者随后接受了四种抗结核药物治疗，细菌学转阴。这是美国首例由亚洲分枝杆菌引起的肺部疾病报告。本文对其细菌学、免疫学和临床方面进行了综述。
