Tuberc Respir Dis.  2003 Jun;54(6):621-627. 10.4046/trd.2003.54.6.621.

Successful Pulmonary Resection Combined with Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Mycobacterium avium Pulmonary Disease: A Case Report

• Koh WJ
• Kwon OJ
• Kang EH
• Suh GY
• Chung MP
• Kim H
• Kim K
• Lee NY
• Han J
• Kim TS
• Lee KS

• KMID: 1516645
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2003.54.6.621

Abstract

The Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is the most common pathogen causing nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease. Despite the introduction of newer, more effective agents for the treatment of MAC, such as clarithromycin, the response to drug therapy in MAC pulmonary disease remains poor, and often frustrating. When MAC pulmonary disease has not been successfully eradicated using drug treatment alone, surgical management is still recognized to play a significant role. A case of MAC pulmonary disease, in a patient whose MAC disease was successfully treated by pulmonary resection, following the failure of drug therapy containing clarithromycin, is reported. To our knowledge, this is the first case report in Korea that the patient underwent a pulmonary resection for the treatment of MAC pulmonary disease.

Keyword

Atypical mycobacteria; Mycobacterium avium complex; Lung diseases; Thoracic surgery; Korea

MeSH Terms

Clarithromycin
Drug Therapy*
Humans
Korea
Lung Diseases*
Mycobacterium avium Complex
Mycobacterium avium*
Mycobacterium*
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Thoracic Surgery
Clarithromycin