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The role of pneumonectomy in non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections
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  1. G Price
  1. Senior House Officer, London Chest Hospital, London, UK; graniaprice@doctors.org.uk

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Surgery has a role in the treatment of patients with atypical mycobacteria who fail medical treatment or have extensive disease localised to one lung. This case series reports over 15 years of experience from the Fukujuji Hospital, Tokyo, reviewing 53 patients who required pulmonary resection for resistant non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections. Of these, 11 underwent …

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