CASE REPORT : Lung Disease Caused by Mycobacterium malmoense in an Immunocompetent Patient

CASE REPORT : Lung Disease Caused by Mycobacterium malmoense in an Immunocompetent Patient

Mycobacterium malmoense is a very rare cause of lung disease in South Korea. We reported the first case of lung disease caused by M. malmoense in an immunocompetent patient. The patient was successfully treated with a 14-month course of antibiotics.

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Veröffentlicht in:Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases 2015-07, Vol.78 (3), p.293
Hauptverfasser: Min Kyung Jeon, Jung A Yoon, Junhwan Kim, Sangyoung Yi, Heungsup Sung, Tae Sun Shim, Kyung Wook Jo
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Sprache:kor
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Mycobacterium Infections
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Therapy
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Zusammenfassung:Mycobacterium malmoense is a very rare cause of lung disease in South Korea. We reported the first case of lung disease caused by M. malmoense in an immunocompetent patient. The patient was successfully treated with a 14-month course of antibiotics.
ISSN:1738-3536
2005-6184