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Case Reports
. 2013 Nov;19(11):1902-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1911.130911.

Mycobacterium yongonense in pulmonary disease, Italy

Enrico Tortoli, Alessandro Mariottini, Piera Pierotti, Tullia M Simonetti, Gian Maria Rossolini
Case Reports

Mycobacterium yongonense in pulmonary disease, Italy

Enrico Tortoli et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: Italy; MAC; Mycobacterium avium complex; Mycobacterium yongonense; bacteria; cavitary pulmonary disease; pulmonary disease; respiratory infections; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

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Computed tomography scan showing a cavity (arrow) in the left lung of a 74-year-old woman (patient 1) in Italy. Laboratory testing suggests that the woman was infected with Mycobacterium yongonense.
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