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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Manika, Katerina ; Kontos, Fanourios ; Papavasileiou, Apostolos ; Papaventsis, Dimitrios ; Sionidou, Maria ; ... More +
Manika, Katerina ; Kontos, Fanourios ; Papavasileiou, Apostolos ; Papaventsis, Dimitrios ; Sionidou, Maria ; Kioumis, Ioannis Less -
Description:
Severe Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis-pulmonary disease was diagnosed in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman in Greece; the disease was initially treated as tuberculosis. The patient responded favorably to a new treatment regimen of azithromycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, and linezolid. Complete symptom resolution and radiologic improvement resulted.
Subject:
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Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases
Mycobacteriaceae
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 27(3):962-964
Pubmed ID:
33622489
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC7920653
Document Type:
Letter
Place as Subject:
Greece
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:395c866bec2f259576b2f7a89d6e1eb0ccdb009231ba77cfb6dc4fdad91401f0
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