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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...
Autores principales: | Abdulfattah, Omar, Salhan, Divya, Kandel, Saroj, Rahman, Ebad Ur, Dahal, Sumit, Alnafoosi, Zainab, Schmidt, Frances |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2017
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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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