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[Mycobacterium chelonei pulmonary infections. Apropos of a case]
C Lineau1, M L Quinquenel, A Le Coz
1Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Centre hospitalier régional et universitaire, Rennes.
Revue De Pneumologie Clinique
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Infections caused by Mycobacterium chelonei are rare. We report a case of pulmonary infection in a 57-year-old non-immunocompromised woman. Most of the abnormalities were observed at radiology which showed bilateral apical excavated opacities. The disease could only be diagnosed on surgical biopsies. Beside diagnostic problems, M. chelonei infections are a source of therapeutic problems.