肺炎後の遷延性無気肺より気管支肺胞洗浄によってMycobacterium fortuitumが検出された一例

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A case of prolonged atelectasis after pneumonia, from which Mycobacterium fortuitum was isolated, was reported. The patient was 65 years old male, and M. fortuitum was isolated from the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid at the infectious focus, although no other pathological organisms were detected. In this case, examination of BAL was useful for the isolation of atipical mycobacterium. M. fortuitum might not be so rare as one of the causative organisms of bronchopulmonary inflammation.