Mycobacterium obuense Bacteremia in a Patient with Pneumonia

Mycobacterium obuense is a pigmented, rapidly growing mycobacterium. Because it has been considered nonpathogenic, M. obuense is being investigated in clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy and bioremediation. We report a case of bacteremia caused by M. obuense in a patient with pneumonia, showing...

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Autores principales: Luis, Bruno Ali López, Díaz-Lomelí, Paulette, Gómez-Albarrán, Livier Patricia, Martínez-Gamboa, Areli, Ponce-de-León, Alfredo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31002048
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.180208
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author Luis, Bruno Ali López
Díaz-Lomelí, Paulette
Gómez-Albarrán, Livier Patricia
Martínez-Gamboa, Areli
Ponce-de-León, Alfredo
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Díaz-Lomelí, Paulette
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description Mycobacterium obuense is a pigmented, rapidly growing mycobacterium. Because it has been considered nonpathogenic, M. obuense is being investigated in clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy and bioremediation. We report a case of bacteremia caused by M. obuense in a patient with pneumonia, showing its potential pathogenicity.
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spelling pubmed-64781942019-05-08 Mycobacterium obuense Bacteremia in a Patient with Pneumonia Luis, Bruno Ali López Díaz-Lomelí, Paulette Gómez-Albarrán, Livier Patricia Martínez-Gamboa, Areli Ponce-de-León, Alfredo Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Mycobacterium obuense is a pigmented, rapidly growing mycobacterium. Because it has been considered nonpathogenic, M. obuense is being investigated in clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy and bioremediation. We report a case of bacteremia caused by M. obuense in a patient with pneumonia, showing its potential pathogenicity. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6478194/ /pubmed/31002048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.180208 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Mycobacterium obuense Bacteremia in a Patient with Pneumonia
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title_fullStr Mycobacterium obuense Bacteremia in a Patient with Pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium obuense Bacteremia in a Patient with Pneumonia
title_short Mycobacterium obuense Bacteremia in a Patient with Pneumonia
title_sort mycobacterium obuense bacteremia in a patient with pneumonia
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478194/
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