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Case Reports
. 2016 Jul;85(3):344-346.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.02.011. Epub 2016 Feb 9.

A fatal case of pulmonary infection by Mycobacterium colombiense in Para State, Amazon Region, Brazil

Adriana Rodrigues Barretto  1 , João Soares Felício  1 , Lucia Helena Messias Sales  1 , Elizabeth Sumi Yamada  1 , Maria Luiza Lopes  2 , Ana Roberta Fusco da Costa  3
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A fatal case of pulmonary infection by Mycobacterium colombiense in Para State, Amazon Region, Brazil

Adriana Rodrigues Barretto et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a heterogeneous group of species found in several environmental sources and that exhibit variable degrees of pathogenicity. Among the MAC members, Mycobacterium colombiense has been related to pulmonary disease and disseminated infection in HIV-infected patients in Colombia. Lymphadenopathy cases have also been reported. We have described a fatal case of M. colombiense pulmonary disease in a Brazilian patient without evidence of HIV infection or other known causes of immunosuppression.

Keywords: Fatal case; Mycobacterium colombiense; Pulmonary disease.

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