Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis

Severe Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis-pulmonary disease was diagnosed in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman in Greece; the disease was initially treated as tuberculosis. The patient responded favorably to a new treatment regimen of azithromycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, and linezolid. Complete sympt...

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Main Authors:	Katerina Manika, Fanourios Kontos, Apostolos Papavasileiou, Dimitrios Papaventsis, Maria Sionidou, Ioannis Kioumis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-03-01
Series:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	pulmonary disease nontuberculous mycobacteria Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis bacteria respiratory infections Greece
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/19-1648_article

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spelling	doaj-8d6b96d85368439aa5d0ba73b475147a2021-02-22T23:22:18ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592021-03-0127396296410.3201/eid2703.191648Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensisKaterina ManikaFanourios KontosApostolos PapavasileiouDimitrios PapaventsisMaria SionidouIoannis Kioumis Severe Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis-pulmonary disease was diagnosed in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman in Greece; the disease was initially treated as tuberculosis. The patient responded favorably to a new treatment regimen of azithromycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, and linezolid. Complete symptom resolution and radiologic improvement resulted. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/19-1648_articlepulmonary diseasenontuberculous mycobacteriaMycolicibacter kumamotonensisbacteriarespiratory infectionsGreece
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author_facet	Katerina Manika Fanourios Kontos Apostolos Papavasileiou Dimitrios Papaventsis Maria Sionidou Ioannis Kioumis
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title	Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis
title_short	Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis
title_full	Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis
title_fullStr	Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis
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publisher	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series	Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn	1080-6040 1080-6059
publishDate	2021-03-01
description	Severe Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis-pulmonary disease was diagnosed in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman in Greece; the disease was initially treated as tuberculosis. The patient responded favorably to a new treatment regimen of azithromycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, and linezolid. Complete symptom resolution and radiologic improvement resulted.
topic	pulmonary disease nontuberculous mycobacteria Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis bacteria respiratory infections Greece
url	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/19-1648_article
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Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis

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