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A Fatal Case of Acute Respiratory Failure Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense
Few recent reports have indicated that Mycobacterium massiliense causes various infections including respiratory infection. However, there is scarce information on the clinical significance, natural history of the infection, and therapeutic strategy. This report describes a case of an immunocompeten...
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The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591543/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23483829 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.2.79 |
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author | Choi, Kyoung Hwa Yu, Hae Min Jeong, Jae Seok Kim, So Ri Lee, Yong Chul |
author_facet | Choi, Kyoung Hwa Yu, Hae Min Jeong, Jae Seok Kim, So Ri Lee, Yong Chul |
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description | Few recent reports have indicated that Mycobacterium massiliense causes various infections including respiratory infection. However, there is scarce information on the clinical significance, natural history of the infection, and therapeutic strategy. This report describes a case of an immunocompetent old man infected by M. massiliense that causes acute respiratory failure. In light of the general courses of non-tuberculous mycobacterium infections, rapid progression and fatality are very rare and odd. In addition, we discuss the biological and pathological properties of M. massiliense with the review of cases reported previously including our fatal one. |
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spelling | pubmed-35915432013-03-12 A Fatal Case of Acute Respiratory Failure Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense Choi, Kyoung Hwa Yu, Hae Min Jeong, Jae Seok Kim, So Ri Lee, Yong Chul Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) Case Report Few recent reports have indicated that Mycobacterium massiliense causes various infections including respiratory infection. However, there is scarce information on the clinical significance, natural history of the infection, and therapeutic strategy. This report describes a case of an immunocompetent old man infected by M. massiliense that causes acute respiratory failure. In light of the general courses of non-tuberculous mycobacterium infections, rapid progression and fatality are very rare and odd. In addition, we discuss the biological and pathological properties of M. massiliense with the review of cases reported previously including our fatal one. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013-02 2013-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3591543/ /pubmed/23483829 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.2.79 Text en Copyright©2013. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ It is identical to the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) |
spellingShingle | Case Report Choi, Kyoung Hwa Yu, Hae Min Jeong, Jae Seok Kim, So Ri Lee, Yong Chul A Fatal Case of Acute Respiratory Failure Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense |
title | A Fatal Case of Acute Respiratory Failure Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense |
title_full | A Fatal Case of Acute Respiratory Failure Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense |
title_fullStr | A Fatal Case of Acute Respiratory Failure Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense |
title_full_unstemmed | A Fatal Case of Acute Respiratory Failure Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense |
title_short | A Fatal Case of Acute Respiratory Failure Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense |
title_sort | fatal case of acute respiratory failure caused by mycobacterium massiliense |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591543/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23483829 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.2.79 |
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