First case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense cavitary lung disease in the Latin America and Caribbean region

A case of cavitary pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium heckeshornense in Uruguay is described. This is the first case reported in the Latin America and Caribbean region, showing that this species is a worldwide opportunistic human pathogen.

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Autores principales: Coitinho, C., Greif, G., van Ingen, J., Laserra, P., Robello, C., Rivas, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
First Clinical Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.12.003
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Robello, C.
Rivas, C.
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spelling pubmed-47354802016-02-23 First case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense cavitary lung disease in the Latin America and Caribbean region Coitinho, C. Greif, G. van Ingen, J. Laserra, P. Robello, C. Rivas, C. New Microbes New Infect First Clinical Case Report A case of cavitary pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium heckeshornense in Uruguay is described. This is the first case reported in the Latin America and Caribbean region, showing that this species is a worldwide opportunistic human pathogen. Elsevier 2015-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4735480/ /pubmed/26909156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.12.003 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Laserra, P.
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title First case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense cavitary lung disease in the Latin America and Caribbean region
title_full First case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense cavitary lung disease in the Latin America and Caribbean region
title_fullStr First case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense cavitary lung disease in the Latin America and Caribbean region
title_full_unstemmed First case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense cavitary lung disease in the Latin America and Caribbean region
title_short First case of Mycobacterium heckeshornense cavitary lung disease in the Latin America and Caribbean region
title_sort first case of mycobacterium heckeshornense cavitary lung disease in the latin america and caribbean region
topic First Clinical Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.12.003
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