Nontuberculous mycobacterial empyema in an immunocompetent child

Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species are mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. There are very few reports of NTM in immunocompetent children causing empyema. In this article, we report a 9-year-old immunocompetent girl who presented with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare empyema.

Keywords

• Children
• empyema
• immunocompetent
• nontuberculous mycobacteria