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1/415. Pulmonary tuberculosis following successful treatment of pulmonary infection with mycobacterium kansasii.

    A case of pulmonary tuberculosis following successful treatment of pulmonary infection with mycobacterium kansasii is presented. The immunizing effect of an infection with M kansasii and and other nonspecific immune factors are discussed.
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2/415. lymphomatoid granulomatosis following autologous stem cell transplantation.

    lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) is a rare angio-destructive lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) of uncertain etiology, with prominent pulmonary involvement. Recent studies indicate that LYG is an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated B cell LPD with large numbers of background reactive T lymphocytes (T cell-rich B cell lymphoma). Although the disease frequently, but not exclusively, occurs in various immunodeficiency states, it has not been reported in association with the transient immunosuppression following autologous bone marrow/peripheral stem cell transplantation (ABM/PSCT). We describe a patient who developed lymphomatoid granulomatosis of the lung approximately 2 weeks after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma. Although molecular studies showed no evidence of EBV genome in the biopsy material, the serologic profile with high IgM titers was suggestive of primary EBV infection. Complete radiologic remission occurred following reconstitution of the patient's immune response after a 2-week course of ganciclovir treatment. Despite the apparently low frequency of LPD (both LYG and EBV-associated post-transplant lymphoma) in the ABMT setting, we believe that it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients whose clinical course following ABMT is complicated by fevers, in the absence of an identifiable infectious process.
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3/415. pulmonary artery fibrous bands: report of a case with extensive lung infarction and superinfection with coccidioides immitis, pseudomonas, and acid-fast bacilli.

    A 46-year-old woman presented with shortness of breath and frequent lower respiratory tract infections. A ventilation-perfusion scan showed markedly reduced perfusion of the right lung, and pulmonary arteriogram showed stenosis of the right pulmonary artery. A right pneumonectomy revealed dense white fibrous bands partially occluding the pulmonary artery branches and two large abscess cavities filled with pus in the upper and lower lobes. Microscopic examination revealed extensive necrosis of lung parenchyma, suppurative granulomatous inflammation with coccidioides immitis organisms and rare acid-fast bacilli. pulmonary artery fibrous bands were originally believed to be congenital; however, they are now known to be sequelae of thromboembolic phenomena.
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4/415. cytomegalovirus associated neonatal pneumonia and Wilson-Mikity syndrome: a causal relationship?

    lung injury caused by intrauterine inflammation has recently been strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of Wilson-Mikity syndrome (WMS). This article supports this theory by suggesting a causative role of intrauterine cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection for the development of WMS. A male premature infant, born at 33 weeks of gestational age, developed chronic lung disease compatible with WMS and diagnostic evaluation was positive for CMV infection. High-resolution computed tomography scan and lung histology revealed typical features of WMS in association with signs of interstitial pneumonia. CMV was found in urine, breastmilk, bronchoalveolar lavage material and lung tissue from open lung biopsy. Follow-up after treatment with ganciclovir and steroids showed resolving lung disease at the age of 6, 10 and 16 months, with lung function signs of mild obstruction. Assuming that a chance coexistence of cytomegalovirus pneumonia and Wilson-Mikity syndrome is rather unlikely, it is possible that intrauterine cytomegalovirus infection caused a pattern of lung injury consistent with Wilson-Mikity syndrome. Further cases of Wilson-Mikity syndrome should be investigated as to a possible role of congenital infection.
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5/415. Pulmonary malacoplakia associated with rhodococcus equi infection in a patient with AIDS.

    An AIDS patient with a cavitary lung lesion was found to have pulmonary malacoplakia associated with rhodococcus equi infection. The diagnosis was based on the typical histologic features of transbronchial biopsy and a positive bacterial culture. All 13 reported cases of AIDS patients with pulmonary malacoplakia were associated with R equi. The recognition of this unique entity is important because of its responsiveness to therapy.
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6/415. A fluffy white traveller: imported Coccidiodes immitis infection in an Australian tourist.

    Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis is a rare cause of pulmonary nodules and respiratory infection in travellers to endemic areas. An Australian tourist suffered an acute respiratory illness while on holiday in mexico. She subsequently developed erythema nodosum and was noted to have a left pulmonary nodule on chest X-ray after return to australia. The diagnosis of coccidioides immitis infection was established by histology and culture of the resected lung lesion. The patient made an uneventful recovery and received one month of therapy with ketoconazole. culture of the fungus took place under controlled Class 3 conditions. An unusual fungal infection in australia, coccidioidomycosis poses special risks to staff of microbiology laboratories.
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7/415. mycobacterium tuberculosis infection masquerading as diffuse alveolar hemorrhage after autologous stem cell transplant.

    We report a fatal case of pulmonary tuberculosis masquerading as diffuse alveolar hemorrhage after autologous stem cell transplant.
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8/415. nitrofurantoin-induced immune-mediated lung and liver disease.

    A 60-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) was evaluated for the recent onset of a dry cough, dyspnea on exertion, and jaundice. Investigation demonstrated interstitial lung disease with bilateral infiltrates and unilateral effusion, as well as a severe chronic active hepatitis with marked fibrosis. Other notable features were positive antinuclear antibodies and anti-smooth-muscle antibodies and the absence of any possible cause except for nitrofurantoin treatment (Macrodantin, 100 mg/day), which the patient had been taking for the previous 3 years as a prophylactic measure against UTI. The patient died of pneumococcal septicemia less than 30 days after presentation. Pulmonary or hepatic injury caused by nitrofurantoin treatment is rare; their combined occurrence is hardly ever described. Combined drug-induced pulmonary and hepatic toxicity is reviewed and should be considered early in the differential diagnosis to allow reversibility and avoid serious outcomes.
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9/415. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection in the lung in multicentric Castleman's disease.

    A 32-year-old female was admitted for evaluation of multiple infiltrates on a chest radiograph. A diagnosis of multicentric Castleman's disease was made on the basis of typical clinical manifestations. Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) revealed histological findings reported in lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia. Both the polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization with a probe specific for Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) sequences demonstrated the presence of KSHV in the TBLB sample.
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10/415. Atypical Wegener's granulomatosis with positive cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, ophthalmologic manifestations, and slowly progressive renal failure without respiratory tract involvement.

    A 68-year-old woman had microscopic hematuria and proteinuria since the age of 50. She also had hearing impairment, arthralgia, retinal embolism, peripheral arterial occlusion of the right foot and chronic renal failure during the course. At the age of 68, she had progressive renal failure and nephrotic syndrome with high titers of serum cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (c-ANCA). No evidence of respiratory tract involvement was found. methylprednisolone pulse therapy and low dose cyclophosphamide therapy ameliorated the renal failure and reduced the serum c-ANCA level. She, however, died on July 19, 1998 due to pulmonary fungal and pneumocystis carinii infection.
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