Pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium neoaurum identified by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence.
Mycobacterium neoaurum infection has rarely been found in humans, and only a limited number of cases have been reported. We describe the first case of pulmonary infection with M. neoaurum. We speculate that unrecognized aspiration and long-term corticosteroid therapy predisposed our patient to this rare mycobacterial infection.
Morimoto
Yoshikazu
Y
Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical & Research Center, 1400 Jackson St., Denver, CO 80206, USA. morimotoy@njc.org <morimotoy@njc.org>
Chan
Edward D
ED
Heifets
Leonid
L
Routes
John M
JM
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