A Case Report on Mycobacterium abscessus: An Emerging Pathogen

The incidence of infections by rapidly growing mycobacteria has increased in recent decades. nontuberculous mycobacteria(NTM) represent over 190 species and subspecies and can cause both pulmonary and extrapulmonary symptoms. The Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC)is among the most drug-resistant...

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Autores principales: Chohan, Asad, Choudhury, Saiara, Taweesedt, Pahnwat T, Dadhwal, Rahul, Vakil, Abhay P, Ali, Zuhair, Franco, Rene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8995077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35419221
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23072
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author Chohan, Asad
Choudhury, Saiara
Taweesedt, Pahnwat T
Dadhwal, Rahul
Vakil, Abhay P
Ali, Zuhair
Franco, Rene
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description The incidence of infections by rapidly growing mycobacteria has increased in recent decades. nontuberculous mycobacteria(NTM) represent over 190 species and subspecies and can cause both pulmonary and extrapulmonary symptoms. The Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC)is among the most drug-resistant mycobacterial species, and prompt diagnosis and effective eradication are burdensome. We present the clinical course of a 55-year-old female who was diagnosed with M. abscessus and explore her clinical diagnosis and possible treatment options. This case report emphasizes the challenges clinicians face in the prompt diagnosis of M. abscessus and discusses the treatment options in light of the recent guidelines.
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spelling pubmed-89950772022-04-12 A Case Report on Mycobacterium abscessus: An Emerging Pathogen Chohan, Asad Choudhury, Saiara Taweesedt, Pahnwat T Dadhwal, Rahul Vakil, Abhay P Ali, Zuhair Franco, Rene Cureus Internal Medicine The incidence of infections by rapidly growing mycobacteria has increased in recent decades. nontuberculous mycobacteria(NTM) represent over 190 species and subspecies and can cause both pulmonary and extrapulmonary symptoms. The Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC)is among the most drug-resistant mycobacterial species, and prompt diagnosis and effective eradication are burdensome. We present the clinical course of a 55-year-old female who was diagnosed with M. abscessus and explore her clinical diagnosis and possible treatment options. This case report emphasizes the challenges clinicians face in the prompt diagnosis of M. abscessus and discusses the treatment options in light of the recent guidelines. Cureus 2022-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8995077/ /pubmed/35419221 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23072 Text en Copyright © 2022, Chohan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chohan, Asad
Choudhury, Saiara
Taweesedt, Pahnwat T
Dadhwal, Rahul
Vakil, Abhay P
Ali, Zuhair
Franco, Rene
A Case Report on Mycobacterium abscessus: An Emerging Pathogen
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title_full A Case Report on Mycobacterium abscessus: An Emerging Pathogen
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title_short A Case Report on Mycobacterium abscessus: An Emerging Pathogen
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8995077/
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