Hutchins G M, Boitnott J K
JAMA. 1978 Aug 11;240(6):539-41.
Two patients had pulmonary infections with atypical mycobacteria superimposed on mineral oil pneumonia. In both cases, long-standing laxative use and neurological disorders led to development of the lipid pneumonia. The pathogenicity of the rapidly growing mycobacteria causing infection in the two patients is apparently enhanced by the presence of mineral oil, a relationship supported by experimental studies. The clinical diagnosis of both atypical mycobacterial infection and mineral oil pneumonia may be difficult, but the presence of one should suggest the possibility of occurrence of the other.
两名患者发生了非典型分枝杆菌肺部感染，叠加在矿物油肺炎之上。在这两例病例中，长期使用泻药和神经疾病导致了脂质性肺炎的发生。在这两名患者中引起感染的快速生长分枝杆菌的致病性显然因矿物油的存在而增强，这一关系得到了实验研究的支持。非典型分枝杆菌感染和矿物油肺炎的临床诊断可能都很困难，但其中一种情况的存在应提示另一种情况发生的可能性。
