Chronic Pulmonary Disease Due to Mycobacterium monacense Infection: The First Case from Iran

We herein report a case in which the recently characterized species Mycobacterium monacense was isolated from the sputum of an Iranian patient. This case represents the first isolation of M. monacense from Iran. The isolate was identified by conventional and molecular techniques. Our findings show t...

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Autores principales: Shojaei, Hasan, Hashemi, Abodolrazagh, Heidarieh, Parvin, Hosseini, Nafiseh, Daei Naser, Abass
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3255488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22259785
http://dx.doi.org/10.3343/alm.2012.32.1.87
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Sumario:We herein report a case in which the recently characterized species Mycobacterium monacense was isolated from the sputum of an Iranian patient. This case represents the first isolation of M. monacense from Iran. The isolate was identified by conventional and molecular techniques. Our findings show that M. monacense infection is not restricted to developed countries.

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