Pulmonary Mycobacterium intermedium disease in an elderly man with healed pulmonary tuberculosis.

نویسندگان

  • Akihide Ito
  • Fujiya Kishi
  • Nariyoshi Saito
  • Yuko Kazumi
  • Satoshi Mitarai
چکیده

A 76-year-old man with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis was found to be sputum smear positive for acid-fast bacilli. The 16S rRNA sequence identified the culture isolate as Mycobacterium intermedium, the pathogenicity of which has not been confirmed. Chemotherapy with isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol resulted in clinical improvement.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 43 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005