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Case Reports
. 1998 Feb;36(2):587-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.2.587-588.1998.

Fatal pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium celatum in an apparently immunocompetent patient

I Bux-Gewehr  1 , H P Hagen, S Rüsch-Gerdes, G E Feurle
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Case Reports

Fatal pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium celatum in an apparently immunocompetent patient

I Bux-Gewehr et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Feb.

Abstract

Mycobacterium celatum is a recently described mycobacterium isolated from patients who have suppressed cell-mediated immunity, such as AIDS. We present here, to our knowledge, the first report of a fatal pulmonary infection caused by M. celatum in a 73-year-old immunocompetent female patient. The mycobacterium was identified by a 16S rRNA sequence analysis.

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Figures

FIG. 1
FIG. 1
X ray tomogram showing inflammatory infiltrate with cavitation in the upper left lung.
FIG. 2
FIG. 2
X ray taken 10 weeks after that in Fig. 1; the infiltrate had progressed to include the left lower pulmonary lobe.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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