Non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease due to multiple “minor” risk factors: an illustrative case and a review of these “lesser elements”
Patrick Moon, Elizabeth Guillaumin, Edward D. Chan
Abstract
Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) was also present for many years with the patient preferring to sleep on her left side with no head-of-bed elevation. Family history is notable for father with lung cancer and a maternal grandfather with pulmonary tuberculosis. She is a never smoker and drinks half a glass of wine a day. She has a horse that she visits on a farm with consequent exposures to soil and dust. Medications included levothyroxine, dexlansoprazole, zolpidem, celecoxib, and various over-the-counter vitamins, minerals, and supplements.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMinor (academic)TuberculosisLung diseaseDiseaseLungIntensive care medicinePediatricsInternal medicinePathologyHumanitiesPhilosophyMycobacterium research and diagnosisTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis