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ArticleCureus2024

Iatrogenically Acquired Mycobacterium abscessus Infection in an Indwelling Intercostal Drainage In Situ in a Patient With Alcoholic Liver Disease and Bilateral Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Report of a Rare Case.

Rahul Ranjan, Jayanthi Gunasekaran, Raunak Bir, Umesh Kumar, Rajiv M Gupta

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Rahul RanjanDepartment of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.
Jayanthi GunasekaranDepartment of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.
Raunak BirDepartment of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.
Umesh KumarDepartment of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.
Rajiv M GuptaDepartment of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 47-year-old male, a known case of alcoholic chronic liver disease with portal hypertension, presented with complaints of abdominal distension and shortness of breath. A provisional diagnosis of ethanol-related compensated chronic liver disease (CLD) with portal hypertension and splenomegaly, gross ascites with bilateral hepatic hydrothorax was made. The left-sided pleural effusion subsided after three pleural taps, but the right-sided effusion kept refilling even after four to five days of repeated therapeutic taps, so a pigtail catheter was left in situ. The pleural fluid was sent for culture which did not grow any pathogenic organisms. Cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification tests where

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combination therapyhepatic hydrothoraxiatrogenicmacrolidemycobacterium abscessusntmpigtail catheterpleural fluidpleural tapsubspp abscessus

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PMID38832176
PMCPMC11145738

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