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Case Reports
. 2007 Sep;45(9):3121-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00148-07. Epub 2007 Jun 27.

First pulmonary case reported in Argentina of infection with mycobacterium szulgai, a rare pathogen

M Gutierrez  1 , M Feola, L Lenge, R Rey, M Hoffman
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Case Reports

First pulmonary case reported in Argentina of infection with mycobacterium szulgai, a rare pathogen

M Gutierrez et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

Mycobacterium szulgai is a rare pathogen. Nontuberculous mycobacteria usually produce disease in people with some kind of immunosuppression or another predisposing condition. A case of pulmonary Mycobacterium szulgai infection is described.

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FIG. 1.
Computed tomography of the chest showing subpleural blebs in the biapical region, bronchiectasis in the posterior segment of the right upper lobe, and a cavitated image of thin walls in the left upper lobe (A and B), as well as the affected airspace in the lingula, as detected with an air bronchogram (C).
FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Computed tomography of the chest showing subpleural blebs in the biapical region, bronchiectasis in the posterior segment of the right upper lobe, and a cavitated image of thin walls in the left upper lobe (A and B), as well as the affected airspace in the lingula, as detected with an air bronchogram (C).
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