Open AccessNontuberculous mycobacterial empyema in an immunocompetent child
Author(s) -
Ira Shah,
Forum Shah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_586_16
Subject(s) - nontuberculous mycobacteria , empyema , mycobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , mycobacterium avium complex , tuberculosis , girl , mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , biology , pathology , genetics
Nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species are mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. There are very few reports of NTM in immunocompetent children causing empyema. In this article, we report a 9-year-old immunocompetent girl who presented with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare empyema.