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Natural history of Mycobacterium fortuitum pulmonary infection presenting with migratory infiltrates: a case report with microbiological analysis

BACKGROUND: Presence of Mycobacterium fortuitum in respiratory tracts usually indicates mere colonization or transient infection, whereas true pulmonary infection occurs in patients with gastroesophageal disease. However, little is known about the diagnostic indications for true M. fortuitum pulmona...

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Autores principales: Okamori, Satoshi, Asakura, Takanori, Nishimura, Tomoyasu, Tamizu, Eiko, Ishii, Makoto, Yoshida, Mitsunori, Fukano, Hanako, Hayashi, Yuichiro, Fujita, Masaki, Hoshino, Yoshihiko, Betsuyaku, Tomoko, Hasegawa, Naoki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5748953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29291713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2892-9