Disseminated Mycobacterium simiae infection causing rhinosinusitis in a severely immunocompromised patient

Objectives: Mycobacterium simiae is a slow-growing environmental nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), commonly isolated from soil and water. M. simiae is not known to transmit zoonotically or via human-to-human contact; infection is presumed to occur through direct environmental exposure. Although M....

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Published in:	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Christoffel Opperman, Nectarios Papavarnavas, Sally Candy, Sarishna Singh, Yonas Ghebrekristos, Robin Warren, Wynand Goosen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-11-01
Subjects:	Nontuberculous mycobacteria Mycobacterium simiae Rhinosinusitis Bacteremia Proptosis
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971225002735