Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3348799 | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum is generally considered nonpathogenic. However, M. nonchromogenicum rarely causes human disease; particularly, pulmonary disease is extremely rare. The common finding of M. nonchromogenicum pulmonary infection on chest X-ray is a solitary cavity. The present report describes an unusual case of M. nonchromogenicum primary pulmonary infection showing multiple nodular shadows.
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Authors
Toyomitsu Sawai, Yuichi Inoue, Seiji Doi, Koichi Izumikawa, Hideaki Ohno, Katsunori Yanagihara, Yasuhito Higashiyama, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Yoichi Hirakata, Takayoshi Tashiro, Shigeru Kohno,