title: Human infections due to Mycobacterium lentiflavum.
abstract: Three cases of human disease due to Mycobacterium lentiflavum are reported. In the first, the mycobacterium was responsible for chronic pulmonary disease in an elderly woman; in the second, it gave rise to cervical lymphadenitis in a child; and in the third, it caused a liver abscess in a young AIDS patient.
authors.affiliation: Regional Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Careggi Hospital, Italy. e.tortoli@libero.it
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tortoli
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoloni
authors.forename: Maria Luigia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Erba
authors.forename: Egle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Levrè
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantella
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mecocci
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000382:microbiology*