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Case Reports
. 2009 Sep;13(5):e286-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.10.015. Epub 2009 Jan 19.

Fatal disseminated Mycobacterium simiae infection in a non-HIV patient

Maher M Balkis  1 , Mireille M Kattar, George F Araj, Souha S Kanj
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Fatal disseminated Mycobacterium simiae infection in a non-HIV patient

Maher M Balkis et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2009 Sep.
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Abstract

We report a fatal case of disseminated Mycobacteriumsimiae infection in an immunocompetent elderly man with fever of unknown origin. The diagnosis was based on culture isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from cerebrospinal fluid and bronchoalveolar lavage. Both culture isolates were identified as M. simiae by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

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