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Mycobacterium avium infection improved by microbial substitution of fungal infection
1National Hospital Organization Matsue Medical Center, Matsue, Japan. yano@matsue.hosp.go.jp
BMJ Case Reports
|July 14, 2012
Abstract:
We reported a case of Mycobacterium avium infection in which disease activity appeared to have been suppressed after fungal infection. After the increase in β-D-glucan, her symptoms of fever and chest pain disappeared. We think this phenomenon may be microbial substitution and mild fungal infection may improve the activity due to M avium.
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