Veale D, Fishwick D, White J E, Gascoigne A D, Gould K, Corris P A
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Thorax. 1993 Jun;48(6):672-3. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.6.672.
A 23 year old man with a congenital myelodysplastic disorder and fibrosing lung disease received treatment with prednisolone. After nine months his condition deteriorated and Mycobacterium kansasii was isolated from blood cultures and lymph node biopsy specimens. He responded to antituberculous treatment. M kansasii has not previously been isolated from the blood stream of HIV negative patients.
一名患有先天性骨髓发育异常疾病和肺纤维化疾病的23岁男性接受了泼尼松龙治疗。九个月后,他的病情恶化,血液培养和淋巴结活检标本中分离出堪萨斯分枝杆菌。他对抗结核治疗有反应。此前从未在HIV阴性患者的血液中分离出堪萨斯分枝杆菌。