title: Isolation of Mycobacterium fortuitum in sputum specimens of a patient with chronic cough: Is it clinically significant?
abstract: Managing chronic cough is diagnostically challenging especially in primary care. This case report highlights the difficulties experienced in approaching a case of chronic cough from a primary care perspective. The discussion also involves the clinical significance and treatment dilemma of M. fortuitum chelonae complex that was isolated from the sputum cultures of an elderly woman who presented with chronic cough for more than a year.
authors.affiliation: Radzniwan Mohd Rashid MMed (FamMed) Department of Family Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Radzniwan
authors.affiliation: Hizlinda Tohid MMed (FamMed) Department of Family Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre , Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: hizlinda2202@gmail.com.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tohid
authors.affiliation: Saharuddin Ahmad MMed (FamMed) Department of Family Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Fairuz Mohd Ali MMed (FamMed) Department of Family Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ali F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Mohd
authors.affiliation: Fauzi Md Anshar MRCP, FCCP Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Md Anshar
keywords: chronic cough; mycobacterium; mycobacterium fortuitum; nontuberculous; primary care; sputum culture