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Case Reports
. 2019 Dec 6:33:100630.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100630. eCollection 2020 Jan.

The first case of chronic pulmonary Mycobacterium shigaense infection in an immunocompetent patient

H Fukano  1 , O Hiranuma  2 , Y Matsui  2 , S Tanaka  2 , Y Hoshino  1
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The first case of chronic pulmonary Mycobacterium shigaense infection in an immunocompetent patient

H Fukano et al. New Microbes New Infect. .

Abstract

Mycobacterium shigaense has recently been recognized as an emerging human pathogen, and is well known as a skin pathogen in immunocompromised individuals. In this report we describe the first case of chronic pulmonary infectious disease caused by M. shigaense in an immunocompetent individual.

Keywords: Chest computed tomography (CT) images; Mycobacterium shigaense; Mycobacterium simiae complex; Pulmonary disease; emerging infectious diseases; immunocompetent; skin disease.

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Transition of chest computed tomography (CT) images. (a) Multiple small nodular shadows in the right lower lobe (circle; October 2014).(b) Worsening nodular shadows in the right middle lobe (circle; April 2017). (c) Chest CT showed further improvement of multiple nodular shadows in the right lower lobe (circle). New consolidation in the lingular lobe (arrow; October 2017). (d) Image 4 months after treatment. Shrinkage of nodular lesion in the right lower lobe (circle) and resolution of consolidation in the lingular lobe (arrow; February 2018).
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