Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis]
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Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis] · Feb 1997
Case Reports[A case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in which M. avium was isolated from bone marrow].
A 46-year old man was admitted to a hospital because of cough and dyspnea. He was diagnosed as interstitial pneumonia and was treated with prednisolone (PSL) and antibiotics. The symptoms improved temporarily but he soon developed acute respiratory failure and was transferred to our hospital. ⋯ Thus, his disease was eventually diagnosed as disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection. In the past reports, the diagnosis of disseminated MAC infection was most often made by blood cultures, however, the isolation of MAC from bone marrow is another sensitive and specific method for the diagnosis of this infection. In some cases, bone marrow examination would be useful to diagnose disseminated MAC infection.