| Title | Mycobacterium malmoense: an underestimated nontuberculous mycobacterium. | | Author(s) | Abgueguen P, Rabier V, Mahaza C, Warot A, Chennebault JM, Pichard E | | Institution | Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, 49933 Angers Cedex 9, France. | | Source | Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2009 Sep 2. | | Abstract | We present a case report of Mycobacterium malmoense in a 53-year-old white man. The incidence of M. malmoense infections is a rare event compared with other nontuberculous mycobacteria, but it has increased since 1980, especially in northern Europe. Many patients have disposing underlying diseases. In most cases, it is a pulmonary infection. The most frequent used antibiotics are rifampicin (or rifabutin), ethambutol, and clarithromycin. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19733030 |
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