Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis

Severe Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis-pulmonary disease was diagnosed in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman in Greece; the disease was initially treated as tuberculosis. The patient responded favorably to a new treatment regimen of azithromycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, and linezolid. Complete sympto...

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Autores principales: Manika, Katerina, Kontos, Fanourios, Papavasileiou, Apostolos, Papaventsis, Dimitrios, Sionidou, Maria, Kioumis, Ioannis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33622489
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.191648
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Sumario:Severe Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis-pulmonary disease was diagnosed in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman in Greece; the disease was initially treated as tuberculosis. The patient responded favorably to a new treatment regimen of azithromycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, and linezolid. Complete symptom resolution and radiologic improvement resulted.

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