First case of disseminated Mycobacterium bolletii infection in a young adult patient.
Mycobacterium bolletii is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium first characterized in 2006. Here, we report a case of disseminated infection caused by M. bolletii in a young adult patient. To our knowledge, this is the first case of disseminated M. bolletii infection in an otherwise healthy young adult.
Koh
Won-Jung
WJ
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Kwon
O Jung
OJ
Lee
Nam Young
NY
Kook
Yoon-Hoh
YH
Lee
Hyung-Ki
HK
Kim
Bum-Joon
BJ
D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014054:Tomography; D055815:Young Adult
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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