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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar;63(2):249-252.
doi: 10.1007/s12223-017-0548-1. Epub 2017 Sep 14.

Mycobacterium shimoidei-cavitary pulmonary disease with favorable outcome

Vide Popovic  1 , Dragan Arar  1 , Dragica Roso Popovic  2 , Igor Barisic  3   4 , Marija Tonkic  3   5 , Irena Peric  1   3 , Anita Novak  3   5 , Zana Rubic  3   5 , Vera Katalinic-Jankovic  6 , Mateja Jankovic Makek  7   8 , Ivana Goic-Barisic  9   10   11
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Mycobacterium shimoidei-cavitary pulmonary disease with favorable outcome

Vide Popovic et al. Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2018 Mar.

Abstract

We report a case of cavitary pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium shimoidei in 67-year-old female with history of asthma. Even though susceptibility testing was not available, choice of treatment regimen (streptomycin, rifampicin, ethambutol, and clarithromycin), based on a few cases with favorable outcome reported in the literature, resulted with an excellent clinical, microbiological, and radiological response. This is the first report of pulmonary disease caused by M. shimoidei, but also the first ever isolation of M. shimoidei in Croatia.

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