Disseminated Mycobacterium tilburgii infection complicated by pulmonary non-tuberculosis mycobacteriosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A case report and literature review

Mycobacterium tilburgii is non-culturable; therefore, when acid-fast bacilli are detected in smear microscopy without subsequent culture growth, clinicians should consider the possibility of M. tilburgii infection and conduct thorough investigations.