title: Disseminated Mycobacterium kansasii in an HIV-negative patient.
abstract: Disseminated Mycobacterium kansasii infection is a rare infection in non-HIV patients. This research has uncovered a very rare manifestation of disseminated M. kansasii infection in a non-HIV patient with lung and pericardial involvement.
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Centre(MRC), National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), WHO and UNION Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University (Medical Campus), P.O. 19575/154, Darabad, Tehran 19556, Iran. Electronic address: tabarsi@nritld.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Payam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tabarsi
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Centre(MRC), National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), WHO and UNION Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University (Medical Campus), P.O. 19575/154, Darabad, Tehran 19556, Iran.
authors.forename: Parvaneh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baghaei
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Centre(MRC), National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), WHO and UNION Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University (Medical Campus), P.O. 19575/154, Darabad, Tehran 19556, Iran.
authors.forename: Babak Sharif
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kashani
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Centre(MRC), National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), WHO and UNION Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University (Medical Campus), P.O. 19575/154, Darabad, Tehran 19556, Iran.
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adimi
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Centre(MRC), National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), WHO and UNION Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University (Medical Campus), P.O. 19575/154, Darabad, Tehran 19556, Iran.
authors.forename: Atieh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Novin
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Centre(MRC), National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), WHO and UNION Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University (Medical Campus), P.O. 19575/154, Darabad, Tehran 19556, Iran.
authors.forename: Davood
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mansouri
keywords: HIV-negative; Mycobacterium kansasii