Mycobacterium lentiflavum Infection in Immunocompetent Patient

Mycobacterium lentiflavum is a recently described nontuberculous mycobacterium that has mainly clinical importance in young children with cervical lymphadenitis and in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of chronic pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent patient. Our observation confirm...

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Autores principales: Molteni, Chiara, Gazzola, Lidia, Cesari, Miriam, Lombardi, Alessandra, Salerno, Franco, Tortoli, Enrico, Codecasa, Luigi, Penati, Valeria, Franzetti, Fabio, Gori, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15705334
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1101.040523
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Sumario:Mycobacterium lentiflavum is a recently described nontuberculous mycobacterium that has mainly clinical importance in young children with cervical lymphadenitis and in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of chronic pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent patient. Our observation confirms clinical, diagnostic, and treatment difficulties in the management of M. lentiflavum infection.

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