Refractory chylothorax in HIV/AIDS-related disseminated mycobacterial infection

Thorax. 2016 Oct;71(10):960-1. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208561. Epub 2016 May 10.

Authors

Takeshi Tanaka¹, Nobuo Saito¹, Masahiro Takaki¹, Akitsugu Furumoto², Konosuke Morimoto¹, Koya Ariyoshi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki Rosai Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.

PMID: 27165986
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208561

No abstract available

Keywords: Immunodeficiency.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use
Chylothorax / diagnosis
Chylothorax / etiology*
Humans
Lymphoscintigraphy
Male
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents