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Objectives: To clarify the clinical features of nontuberculous mycobacteriosis (NTM) complicated with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA), we analyzed 257 cases diagnosed with newly developed NTM during the last 12 years in our hospital.

Results: Fifty-six per cent of the patients were females. Ten cases (3.

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A 77-year-old-man who had been treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was referred to our hospital for further examination of a chest X-ray abnormality. The chest X-ray showed consolidation in the right upper and middle lung field. Chest computed tomography showed an airspace consolidation extending subpleurally and nonsegmentally without nodular lesions.

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Tuberculous hilar lymphadenopathy progressing after isoniazid administration.

J Infect Chemother

June 2012

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, National Hospital Organization Matsue Medical Center, 5-8-31 Agenogi, Matsue, Shimane 690-8556, Japan.

Right hilar lymphadenopathy was the only radiologic finding in an immunocompetent 19-year-old man with a positive whole blood interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunosorbent test (QuantiFERON-TB-2G). Because his initial treating physician did not notice the lung lesion on chest radiography, isoniazid (INH) monotherapy was begun with subsequent progression of the lymphadenopathy. We must take into consideration even hilar lymphadenopathy in patients with tuberculosis (TB) disease without detectable Mycobacterium (M.

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We report a case of 24-year-old young man with lung adenocarcinoma. The patient had been treated malignant lymphoma when he was 5 years old. The patient was pointed out a tumor shadow of the right lung at his 2008 health check, but he did not receive further examination.

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On December 6, 2008, a 52-year-old man presented to a clinic with chronic cough, sputum, and chest discomfort, which had lasted since mid-November. Since the chest radiograph showed a small cavity with small nodules and granular shadows, he was referred to another hospital. On TB-PCR, the gastric juice was positive.

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Purpose: After new criteria for discharge from a tuberculosis ward were introduced, we studied changes in the length of hospitalization before and after adoption of these criteria.

Methods: We evaluated monthly data on hospitalization in our tuberculosis ward between April 2003 and September 2008.

Results: Although the number of complicated patients increased, hospitalization decreased after the change in discharge criteria.

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We report a case of pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis-like foci (PCH-like foci), presenting as multiple ground-glass opacities (GGOs) on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT). The patient underwent a left lingual segmentectomy to make a definite diagnosis of these GGOs on chest CT. Histological findings were similar to PCH; however, there were no clinical symptoms or findings of pulmonary hypertension.

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We reported a case of Mycobacterium avium infection in which disease activity appeared to have been suppressed after fungal infection. After the increase in β-D-glucan, her symptoms of fever and chest pain disappeared. We think this phenomenon may be microbial substitution and mild fungal infection may improve the activity due to M avium.

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