Yılmaz Nafiye, Uçar Elif Yılmazel, Sağlam Leyla
Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Ataturk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
Turk Thorac J. 2017 Jan;18(1):23-26. doi: 10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2017.16034. Epub 2017 Jan 1.
Tuberculosis is highly prevalent in our country and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are frequently found in respiratory specimens recently. A 65-year-old woman was admitted with complaints of fever, cough, weight loss, and hemoptysis. On the patient's chest radiography an upper lobe cavity in both lungs and consolidation was detected. Acid-fast bacilli 4+ were observed in smear of sputum and culture results and were observed together. The patient's treatment was arranged. Through this case, we want to emphasize that tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease can coexist.
结核病在我国高度流行,近年来呼吸道标本中经常发现非结核分枝杆菌(NTM)。一名65岁女性因发热、咳嗽、体重减轻和咯血入院。患者胸部X线检查发现双肺上叶空洞及实变。痰涂片抗酸杆菌4+,培养结果也观察到抗酸杆菌。安排了患者的治疗。通过这个病例,我们想强调结核病和非结核分枝杆菌病可能并存。