Infection in a Patient with Tetralogy of Fallot

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Journal Respirol Case Rep

Date 2023 Aug 11

PMID 37564998

Authors

Tomohiro Akaba

Fumi Onizawa

Yuno Shiota

Naoko Arakawa

Etsuko Tagaya

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Abstract

A 58-year-old woman with tetralogy of Fallot was referred to our hospital with a 2-month history of hemoptysis and low-grade fever. The sputum smear on admission showed positive results for acid-fast bacilli, and comparative genomic analysis of the cultured sputum confirmed subsp. infection. Long-term combination antimicrobial therapy gradually improved the patient's symptoms. Although non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection is rarely observed in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease, a worldwide increase in non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections may increase the incidence of this rare combination.

Citing Articles

infection in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot.

Akaba T, Onizawa F, Shiota Y, Arakawa N, Tagaya E Respirol Case Rep. 2023; 11(9):e01205.

PMID: 37564998 PMC: 10409731. DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.1205.

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Akaba T, Onizawa F, Shiota Y, Arakawa N, Tagaya E . infection in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot. Respirol Case Rep. 2023; 11(9):e01205. PMC: 10409731. DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.1205. View