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Feifei Zhao1, Yu Feng2, Dan Zhou3
1Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxuexiang 37, 610041, Chengdu, China.
Abstract:
Infections due to Mycobacterium shigaense, a slow-growing mycobacterium of the Mycobacterium simiae complex, are rarely reported. We describe a case of M. shigaense infection in a 68-year-old woman with diabetes and found that its infections are often associated with immunocompromised conditions or underlying pulmonary diseases in East Asia.
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