Fatal pulmonary cavitary disease secondary to Mycobacterium xenopi in a patient with sarcoidosis

Introduction: Mycobacterium xenopi (M. xenopi) has low pathogenicity and usually requires either host immune impairment or structural lung disease to cause clinical disease. Fatal cavitary infection in a patient without immunosuppression is rarely presented. Case report: A 62-year-old female with hi...

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Autores principales: Abdulfattah, Omar, Salhan, Divya, Kandel, Saroj, Rahman, Ebad Ur, Dahal, Sumit, Alnafoosi, Zainab, Schmidt, Frances
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29296252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1407211

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29296252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1407211

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