Mycobacterium Shinjukuense Pulmonary Disease Progressed to Pleuritis after Iatrogenic Pneumothorax: A Case Report
Mycobacterium shinjukuense is a newly identified nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and its gene sequence of 16S rRNA shows high homology to that of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We present a case of M. shinjukuense pulmonary disease progressed to pleuritis after iatrogenic pneumothorax. The patient wa...
Main Authors: | Takashige Taoka, Tsutomu Shinohara, Nobuo Hatakeyama, Sachiko Iwamura, Yoshiro Murase, Satoshi Mitarai, Fumitaka Ogushi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240557942030019X |
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