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(Chest. 1994;106:1918-1920.)
© 1994 American College of Chest Physicians

Mycobacterium scrofulaceum Infection Presenting as Lung Nodules in a Heart Transplant Recipient

Gregory P. LeMense M.D.1; Adrian B. VanBakel M.D., Ph.D.2; A. Jackson Crumbley III M.D.3; and Marc A. Judson M.D.1

1 From the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
2 From the Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
3 From the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

Pulmonary nodules have been reported in up to 10 percent of heart transplant recipients. Most are infectious, with opportunistic pathogens most common. Atypical mycobacteria have not been reported as the etiology of pulmonary nodules in a heart transplant recipient. We report a case of Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infection presenting as three discrete pulmonary nodules.

Key Words: atypical mycobacteria • heart transplantation • lung nodule • Mycobacterium scrofulaceum; • opportunistic infection






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