title: Clinical and radiological deterioration due to Mycobacterium szulgai in an asthmatic patient.
abstract: We report the case of a 23-year-old asthmatic woman who had clinical and radiological deterioration due to Mycobacterium szulgai infection and good response to anti-mycobacterial treatment without any structural abnormalities in previous lung imaging studies. M. szulgai may be considered a pathogen able to cause deterioration of respiratory health even in patients with previously normal lungs.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. marjani@nritld.ac.ir
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marjani
authors.forename: Nahal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mansouri
authors.forename: Payam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tabarsi
authors.forename: Parvaneh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baghaei
authors.forename: Parissa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farnia
authors.forename: Fatemeh-Maryam
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Sheikholslami
authors.forename: Davood
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mansouri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011859:Radiography; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents