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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...
Autores principales: | Varghese, Bright, Shajan, Sue Elizabeth, Al Saedi, Majed Omar, Al-Hajoj, Sahal A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
2012
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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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