Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient

We report a case of pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium branderi, a slow growing non-tuberculosis mycobacteria, in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia. The pulmonary disease was treated successfully with the combination of Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline and Clarithromycin. M. branderi may...

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Autores principales: Marjani, Majid, Farshidpour, Maham, Tabarsi, Payam, Sheikholslami, Fatemeh-Maryam, Farnia, Parissa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24678467
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.127417
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spelling pubmed-39523912014-03-27 Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient Marjani, Majid Farshidpour, Maham Tabarsi, Payam Sheikholslami, Fatemeh-Maryam Farnia, Parissa Avicenna J Med Case Report We report a case of pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium branderi, a slow growing non-tuberculosis mycobacteria, in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia. The pulmonary disease was treated successfully with the combination of Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline and Clarithromycin. M. branderi may be considered as an opportunistic pathogen, especially among immunologically compromised patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3952391/ /pubmed/24678467 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.127417 Text en Copyright: © Avicenna Journal of Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952391/
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