[Lady Windermere syndrome. Female by nature]

Medicina (B Aires). 2009;69(1 Pt 2):167-9.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Pulmonary disease due to nontuberculous myco bacteria is a well known clinical entity, being Mycobacterium avium complex the pathogen most frequently involved. The Lady Windermere syndrome is a variation of this disease, as interesting as it is little known.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium avium Complex / isolation & purification*
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / diagnosis*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnosis*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / microbiology
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed