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Case Reports
. 1987 Apr-Jun;31(2):103-5.

[Disseminated Mycobacterium africanum infection]

[Article in Spanish]
J Repáraz  1 , A S Oliván, M A Pinillos, J Uriz, M J López-Unzu, M Kutz, I Dorronsoro
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  • PMID: 3671954
Case Reports

[Disseminated Mycobacterium africanum infection]

[Article in Spanish]
J Repáraz et al. Rev Med Univ Navarra. 1987 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

A case of disseminated Mycobacterium africanum infection in a 28 years old black male with no known causes of immunosuppression and resident in Spain 2 years prior to his symptomatology is described. In addition, the characteristics of Mycobacterium africanum and its capacity to produce pathology in man are discussed as is its proper treatment leading to satisfactory cure.

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