Mycobacterium paraffinicum causing symptomatic pulmonary infection.
Mycobacterium paraffinicum has been newly recognized as a species. A case of symptomatic pulmonary infection caused by M. paraffinicum is described, and as far as we know, this is the first case of the organism as a human pathogen.
Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Austin W
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Chan
Sarah
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Kabbani
Gerald
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Staton
Colleen S
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Kraft
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed