A novel therapeutic strategy to close bronchopleural fistula related to Mycobacterium chelonae in elderly patients: two case reports and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycobacterium chelonae (M. chelonae) empyema complicated with bronchopleural fistula (BPF) remains a significant challenge in diagnosis and treatment and the clinical outcomes are often unsatisfactory, especially in elderly patients. There is a paucity data related to the management of the condition. This is the first well-documented report of the therapeutic experience with bronchoscopic closure of a bronchopleural fistula with empyema related to M. chelonae infection in the elderly patients.

Case description

An 86-year-old non-smoking male with a history of diabetes mellitus, emphysema, and bronchiectasis, and a 72-year-old non-smoking male with two past surgeries for lung cancer, both presented with chronic fever, purulent expectoration, he

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9201175 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature