A Case of Pulmonary Disease due to <i>Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare</i> complex

Kim, S. J.; Kim, Y. P.; Kim, S. C.; Bai, G. H.; Jin, B. W.; Park, C. D.

doi:1981.28.3.121

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 28(3); 1981 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1981;28(3):121-124.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1981.28.3.121 Published online September 1, 1981.

A Case of Pulmonary Disease due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex

S. J. Kim, Y. P. Kim, S. C. Kim, G. H. Bai, B. W. Jin, C. D. Park

Korean Institute of Tuberculosis Korean National Tuberculosis Association, Seoul, Korea

Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex 에 의한 폐항산균증 1예

김상재, 홍영표, 김성진, 배길한, 진병원, 박종달

Abstract

A case of pulmonary disease in a 70-year-old man due to Mycobacteirm avium-intracellulare complex was found during the fourth nation-wide tuberculosis prevalence survey carried out in 1980. The patient discharged large number of M. avium-intracellulare complex in his sputum for at least one year, but no M. tuberculosis at all. Of 1825 radiological suspects of tuberculosis screened from 23,350 inhabitants aged five years of more residing in 123 sample areas, M .tuberculosis was isolated from 178 patient and M.avium-intracellulare complex from only one patient.