Nasopharyngeal Mycobacterium abscessus Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Masanori Kaji Ho NamkoongGenta NagaoShuhei AzekawaKensuke NakagawaraHiromu Tanaka Atsuho Morita Takanori AsakuraHirofumi KamataYoshifumi UwaminoMitsunori YoshidaKoichi FukunagaNaoki Hasegawa

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2023)

Patients whose sputum culture tests are positive for NTM and who meet the diagnostic criteria for NTM infection but do not have intrapulmonary lesions should be evaluated for otorhinolaryngological infections. Our case series revealed that immunosuppressant use is a risk factor for pharyngeal/laryngeal NTM infection and that patients with pharyngeal/laryngeal NTM infections respond relatively well to antibiotic therapy.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
cystic fibrosis
prognostic factors
single cell
patient reported outcomes
bone marrow
cell therapy
respiratory tract