Friday, April 13, 2007

Lady Windermere Coughing

LA Times article 03/26/2007

Health Section

1. Elderly ladies w/ persistent cough
2. X-ray reveals old and new infection in the middle section of lungs
3. Old infections possibly from childhood (no antiobiotics)
4. mycobacterial infection (mycobacterium avium intracullulare)
5. took three (3) antiobiotics over a period of 1.5 years
6. not cured, but reduced

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