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A case of prolonged urinary tract infection caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum
I Hochman1, Y Siegman-Igra, Y Goor
1Sixth Department of Medicine, Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Israel.
Abstract:
A case of prolonged urinary tract infection caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum in a 56-year old female patient is reported. The infection, which was resistant to therapy with conventional antituberculous agents, responded well to a combination of trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole and doxycycline.