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Pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium asiaticum
L Q Taylor1, A J Williams, S Santiago
1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Veterans Administration Wadsworth Division, Los Angeles, California 90073.
Tubercle
|December 1, 1990
Summary
A rare lung infection caused by Mycobacterium asiaticum was diagnosed in a Los Angeles patient. This first US case highlights the need for awareness of this nontuberculous mycobacterial disease.
Area of Science:
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Microbiology
Background:
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly recognized as causes of pulmonary disease worldwide.
- Mycobacterium asiaticum is an NTM species rarely reported to cause human infections.
- Geographic distribution and clinical presentations of M. asiaticum infections are not well-characterized.