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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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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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author Molteni, Chiara
Gazzola, Lidia
Cesari, Miriam
Lombardi, Alessandra
Salerno, Franco
Tortoli, Enrico
Codecasa, Luigi
Penati, Valeria
Franzetti, Fabio
Gori, Andrea
author_facet Molteni, Chiara
Gazzola, Lidia
Cesari, Miriam
Lombardi, Alessandra
Salerno, Franco
Tortoli, Enrico
Codecasa, Luigi
Penati, Valeria
Franzetti, Fabio
Gori, Andrea
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description 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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spelling pubmed-32943272012-03-08 Mycobacterium lentiflavum Infection in Immunocompetent Patient Molteni, Chiara Gazzola, Lidia Cesari, Miriam Lombardi, Alessandra Salerno, Franco Tortoli, Enrico Codecasa, Luigi Penati, Valeria Franzetti, Fabio Gori, Andrea Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3294327/ /pubmed/15705334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1101.040523 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Molteni, Chiara
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Salerno, Franco
Tortoli, Enrico
Codecasa, Luigi
Penati, Valeria
Franzetti, Fabio
Gori, Andrea
Mycobacterium lentiflavum Infection in Immunocompetent Patient
title Mycobacterium lentiflavum Infection in Immunocompetent Patient
title_full Mycobacterium lentiflavum Infection in Immunocompetent Patient
title_fullStr Mycobacterium lentiflavum Infection in Immunocompetent Patient
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium lentiflavum Infection in Immunocompetent Patient
title_short Mycobacterium lentiflavum Infection in Immunocompetent Patient
title_sort mycobacterium lentiflavum infection in immunocompetent patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15705334
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