Antimicrobial therapy for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease improved hearing loss and normalized myeloperoxidase-anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody level : A case report

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Several case reports have indicated that nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease is associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides. However, the effect of the treatment for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease on anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides remains unclear. An asymptomatic 80-year-old woman presented with nodular bronchiectasis. After 1 year, she developed a productive cough. Mycobacterial culture of the respiratory specimen revealed Mycobacterium avium. She was diagnosed with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease based on the criteria proposed by the American Thoracic Society. Concurrently, she had hearing loss, tinnitus, and weight loss. A blood test showed an elevated level of myeloperoxidase-anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (107 IU/mL, normal level: <3.5 IU/mL). Bilateral otitis media with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis was diagnosed based on the diagnostic criteria proposed by the Japan Otological Society. After starting antimicrobial agents for the nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, her pulmonary symptoms and hearing loss improved, and the level of myeloperoxidase-anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody normalized. No immunosuppressive treatment was administered. The present case suggests that nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease can cause otitis media with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides, and antimicrobial treatment for the nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease may resolve otitis media with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Modern rheumatology case reports - 7(2023), 1 vom: 03. Jan., Seite 283-287

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tomishima, Yutaka [VerfasserIn]
Suda, Masei [VerfasserIn]
Tamaki, Hiromichi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Case Reports
EC 1.11.1.7
Hearing loss
Journal Article
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Peroxidase

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Date Completed 05.01.2023

Date Revised 11.01.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/mrcr/rxac047

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NLM341108332