The first case of chronic pulmonary Mycobacterium shigaense infection in an immunocompetent patient.

ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium shigaense has recently been recognized as an emerging human pathogen, and is well known as a skin pathogen in immunocompromised individuals. In this report we describe the first case of chronic pulmonary infectious disease caused by M. shigaense in an immunocompetent individual.

SUBMITTER: Fukano H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6940610 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature