Mycobacterium genavense as a cause of subacute pneumonia in patients with severe cellular immunodeficiency

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Authors

Blandine Rammaert · Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades

Louis‐Jean Couderc · Hôpital Foch

É. Rivaud · Hôpital Foch

P. Honderlick · Hôpital Foch

David Zucman · Hôpital Foch

Marie‐France Mamzer · Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades

P Cahen ·

Abstract

Clinicians should be aware that M. genavense could be the etiologic agent of sub-acute pneumonia mimicking tuberculosis in patients with cellular immunodeficiency status.

Topics & Keywords

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases

Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 311-311

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-311

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