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Mycobacterium malmoense--report of a case in Switzerland
P Leuenberger1, J D Aubert, V Beer
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Lausanne, Medical School, Switzerland.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Mycobacterium malmoense was isolated in four different sputum samples of a 45-year-old alcoholic smoker. The biochemical and culture characteristics of this species are described and compared with a reference strain (ATCC 29571). The isolated strain was sensitive in vitro to rifampicine, ethionamide, kanamycine and erythromycin. Therapy consisted of right-upper-lobe lobectomy and a two-year antimicrobial therapy. There was no sign of relapse at the end of the treatment period.