Shah Ira, Shah Forum
Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric TB Clinic, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2018 Jan-Mar;61(1):141-142. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_586_16.
Nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species are mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. There are very few reports of NTM in immunocompetent children causing empyema. In this article, we report a 9-year-old immunocompetent girl who presented with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare empyema.
非结核分枝杆菌(NTM)是指除结核分枝杆菌复合群和麻风分枝杆菌以外的分枝杆菌种类。关于免疫功能正常的儿童感染NTM导致脓胸的报道非常少。在本文中,我们报告了一名9岁免疫功能正常的女孩,她因鸟分枝杆菌-胞内分枝杆菌感染而出现脓胸。