First pulmonary case reported in Argentina of infection with mycobacterium szulgai, a rare pathogen.
Mycobacterium szulgai is a rare pathogen. Nontuberculous mycobacteria usually produce disease in people with some kind of immunosuppression or another predisposing condition. A case of pulmonary Mycobacterium szulgai infection is described.
Gutierrez
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Microbiology Unit, Hospital Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina. gutierrezm@sinectis.com.ar
Feola
M
M
Lenge
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Rey
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Hoffman
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D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001118:Argentina; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents