[Mycobacterial pulmonary infection due to Mycobacterium simiae].
BACKGROUND
Mycobacterium simiae pulmonary infections remain exceptional in France.


METHODS
We report a case of M. simiae lung infection and a 10-year follow-up in a non-immunocompromised host.


CONCLUSIONS
This case emphasizes the difficulties of choosing the appropriate drugs and their side effects in the absence of any existing gold standard.
Service des maladies respiratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92140 Clamart, France. Electronic address: wandagaspard@yahoo.fr.
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Service des maladies respiratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92140 Clamart, France.
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Service des maladies respiratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92140 Clamart, France.
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Rivière
Service des maladies respiratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92140 Clamart, France.
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Lefloch
Service des maladies respiratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92140 Clamart, France.
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Service des maladies respiratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92140 Clamart, France.
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Marotel
Service de biologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 92023 Clamart, France.
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Service des maladies respiratoires, hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92140 Clamart, France.
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D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*
Atypical mycobacteria; Diagnosis; Diagnostic; Mycobacterium simiae; Mycobactéries atypiques; Traitement; Treatment; Tuberculose; Tuberculosis