When occam's razor can fail– active mycobacteria infection and lung cancer: A case of neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed in the setting of refractory mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare

The link between Myobacterium avium‐intracellulare and lung cancer remains underemphasized in literature. Our objective is to increase awareness of Myobacterium avium‐intracellulare and coexisting lung cancer and to emphasize the need in establishing prevalence and specific testing guidelines in thi...

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Autores principales: Garg, Nupur, Punch, Chandra, Stein, Michael, Schofield, Christina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1813
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description The link between Myobacterium avium‐intracellulare and lung cancer remains underemphasized in literature. Our objective is to increase awareness of Myobacterium avium‐intracellulare and coexisting lung cancer and to emphasize the need in establishing prevalence and specific testing guidelines in this patient population.
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spelling pubmed-62306392018-11-19 When occam's razor can fail– active mycobacteria infection and lung cancer: A case of neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed in the setting of refractory mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare Garg, Nupur Punch, Chandra Stein, Michael Schofield, Christina Clin Case Rep Case Reports The link between Myobacterium avium‐intracellulare and lung cancer remains underemphasized in literature. Our objective is to increase awareness of Myobacterium avium‐intracellulare and coexisting lung cancer and to emphasize the need in establishing prevalence and specific testing guidelines in this patient population. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6230639/ /pubmed/30455911 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1813 Text en Published 2018. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Schofield, Christina
When occam's razor can fail– active mycobacteria infection and lung cancer: A case of neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed in the setting of refractory mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare
title When occam's razor can fail– active mycobacteria infection and lung cancer: A case of neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed in the setting of refractory mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare
title_full When occam's razor can fail– active mycobacteria infection and lung cancer: A case of neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed in the setting of refractory mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare
title_fullStr When occam's razor can fail– active mycobacteria infection and lung cancer: A case of neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed in the setting of refractory mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare
title_full_unstemmed When occam's razor can fail– active mycobacteria infection and lung cancer: A case of neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed in the setting of refractory mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare
title_short When occam's razor can fail– active mycobacteria infection and lung cancer: A case of neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed in the setting of refractory mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare
title_sort when occam's razor can fail– active mycobacteria infection and lung cancer: a case of neuroendocrine lung cancer diagnosed in the setting of refractory mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1813
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