Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis.

ABSTRACT: Severe Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis-pulmonary disease was diagnosed in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman in Greece; the disease was initially treated as tuberculosis. The patient responded favorably to a new treatment regimen of azithromycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, and linezolid. Complete symptom resolution and radiologic improvement resulted.

SUBMITTER: Manika K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7920653 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature