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Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium Infection in a Patient with Crohn's Disease under Azathioprine Treatment

Anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha therapy is known as a risk factor of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection. However, there are few reports of NTM infection under treatment with thiopurine agents. We herein report a first case of pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)...

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Autores principales: Hirano, Tomonori, Matsuura, Minoru, Nakase, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24932166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000363376