A case report of pneumonia due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent patient

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are uncommon pathogens in immunocompetent individuals. We report an unusual case of pneumonia with pleural effusion caused by co-infection with two species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent man in Nigeria. The case highlights the possibility of the oc...

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Autores principales: Adekanmbi, Olukemi, Lakoh, Sulaiman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8325462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34381556
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.412.21501
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description Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are uncommon pathogens in immunocompetent individuals. We report an unusual case of pneumonia with pleural effusion caused by co-infection with two species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent man in Nigeria. The case highlights the possibility of the occurrence of a disease caused by these pathogens in an unusual host in a setting where they are rarely isolated as well as the challenges faced in diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-83254622021-08-10 A case report of pneumonia due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent patient Adekanmbi, Olukemi Lakoh, Sulaiman Pan Afr Med J Case Report Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are uncommon pathogens in immunocompetent individuals. We report an unusual case of pneumonia with pleural effusion caused by co-infection with two species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent man in Nigeria. The case highlights the possibility of the occurrence of a disease caused by these pathogens in an unusual host in a setting where they are rarely isolated as well as the challenges faced in diagnosis. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8325462/ /pubmed/34381556 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.412.21501 Text en Copyright: Olukemi Adekanmbi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full A case report of pneumonia due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent patient
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title_short A case report of pneumonia due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an immunocompetent patient
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