| Literature DB >> 33622489 |
Katerina Manika, Fanourios Kontos, Apostolos Papavasileiou, Dimitrios Papaventsis, Maria Sionidou, Ioannis Kioumis.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: Greece; Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis; bacteria; nontuberculous mycobacteria; pulmonary disease; respiratory infections; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33622489 PMCID: PMC7920653 DOI: 10.3201/eid2703.191648
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Infect Dis ISSN: 1080-6040 Impact factor: 6.883