First case report of chronic pulmonary lung disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus in two immunocompetent patients in Saudi Arabia

Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium that is a common water contaminant, and an exclusive opportunistic pathogen in immunosuppressed patients; however, it occasionally causes lung infections in immunocompetent persons as well. We report two cases of chronic pulm...

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Autores principales: Varghese, Bright, Shajan, Sue Elizabeth, Al Saedi, Majed Omar, Al-Hajoj, Sahal A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6081043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22588446
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.312

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6081043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22588446
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.312

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