First case report of chronic pulmonary lung disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus in two immunocompetent patients in Saudi Arabia
Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium that is a common water contaminant, and an exclusive opportunistic pathogen in immunosuppressed patients; however, it occasionally causes lung infections in immunocompetent persons as well. We report two cases of chronic pulm...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
2012-05-01
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| Series: | Annals of Saudi Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.312 |