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Case Reports
. 2014 May;52(5):1777-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.03148-13. Epub 2014 Feb 12.

Disseminated infection with Mycobacterium tilburgii in a male immunocompromised patient

Sarah Temmerman  1 , Linos Vandekerckhove, Erica Sermijn, Dirk Vogelaers, Geert Claeys, Mario Vaneechoutte, Piet Cools, Steven Callens
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Case Reports

Disseminated infection with Mycobacterium tilburgii in a male immunocompromised patient

Sarah Temmerman et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 May.

Abstract

Mycobacterium tilburgii is a nonculturable nontuberculous mycobacterium identifiable only by molecular methods. We report a case of disseminated M. tilburgii infection illustrating the importance of 16S rRNA gene sequencing to determine the responsible mycobacterial pathogen and the difficulties in tailoring antimycobacterial treatment in the absence of a culturable organism.

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