Mycobacterium triplex Pulmonary Disease in Immunocompetent Host

Piersimoni, Claudio; Zitti, Piergiorgio; Mazzarelli, Gianna; Mariottini, Alessandro; Nista, Domenico; Zallocco, Diego

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Mycobacterium triplex Pulmonary Disease in Immunocompetent Host

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Oct 2004
By Piersimoni, Claudio ; Zitti, Piergiorgio ; Mazzarelli, Gianna ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Piersimoni, Claudio ; Zitti, Piergiorgio ; Mazzarelli, Gianna ; Mariottini, Alessandro ; Nista, Domenico ; Zallocco, Diego
Description:

Mycobacterium triplex, a recently described, potentially pathogenic species, caused disease primarily in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of pulmonary infection due to this mycobacterium in an immunocompetent patient and review the characteristics of two other cases. In our experience, Mycobacterium triplex pulmonary infection is unresponsive to antimycobacterial chemotherapy.
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Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents Base Sequence Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Female Humans Immunocompetence Immunocompetent Host Lung Diseases Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Mycobacterium Mycobacterium Infections Mycobacterium Triplex Pulmonary Infection RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Sequence Analysis, DNA Species Specificity
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Emerg Infect Dis. 10(10):1859-1862.
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Journal Article
Volume:

10
Issue:

10
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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