Pathogenicity of Mycolicibacterium phlei, a non-pathogenic nontuberculous mycobacterium in an immunocompetent host carrying anti-interferon gamma autoantibodies: a case report

BACKGROUND: Mycolicibacterium phlei (M. phlei) is known to be a non-pathogenic nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) which rarely causes diseases in humans. A disseminated NTM infection is mostly caused by the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and is known to develop in immunocompromised hosts, like th...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Satomi, Hoshino, Yoshihiko, Sakagami, Takuro, Fukano, Hanako, Matsui, Yohei, Hiranuma, Osamu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6530062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31117976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4050-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6530062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31117976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4050-z

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