학술논문
Mycobacterium malmoense: an underestimated nontuberculous mycobacterium
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Article
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Subject
*MYCOBACTERIUM
*ATYPICAL mycobacteria
*ANTIBIOTICS
*RIFAMPIN
*BACTERIAL diseases
*DISEASE incidence
*LUNG diseases
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ISSN
0732-8893
Abstract
Abstract: We present a case report of Mycobacterium malmoense in a 53-year-old white man. The incidence of M. malmoense infections is a rare event compared with other nontuberculous mycobacteria, but it has increased since 1980, especially in northern Europe. Many patients have disposing underlying diseases. In most cases, it is a pulmonary infection. The most frequent used antibiotics are rifampicin (or rifabutin), ethambutol, and clarithromycin. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]