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Case Reports
. 1984 Apr;19(4):546-7.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.19.4.546-547.1984.

Mycobacterium thermoresistibile infection in an immunocompromised host

F Liu, D Andrews, D N Wright
Case Reports

Mycobacterium thermoresistibile infection in an immunocompromised host

F Liu et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Apr.

Abstract

This is the second report of Mycobacterium thermoresistibile as the etiological agent of a pulmonary granuloma and the first occurrence of this organism in a patient who has not been outside the continental United States. The organism is susceptible to rifampin, ethambutol, and streptomycin but resistant to isoniazid and p-aminosalicylic acid.

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