Pulmonary Infection in the Emphysematous Bulla due to Mycobacterium szulgai Diagnosed by Percutaneus Needle Aspiration
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Pulmonary Mycobacterium szulgai infection.
There has been an increase in the number of pulmonary infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in the non HIV-infected population with a heightened awareness clinically and in the laboratory of the significance of these respiratory isolates and newer identification techniques. As far as we are aware, this is the first case report of pulmonary Mycobacteium szulgai infection in Ire...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1884-569X,0387-5911
DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.72.1236