First case of disseminated Mycobacterium bolletii infection in a young adult patient.

ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium bolletii is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium first characterized in 2006. Here, we report a case of disseminated infection caused by M. bolletii in a young adult patient. To our knowledge, this is the first case of disseminated M. bolletii infection in an otherwise healthy young adult.

SUBMITTER: Koh WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756897 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature