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Mycobacterium smegmatis pneumonia
Author(s) -
ERGAN Begüm,
ÇÖPLÜ Lütfi,
ALP Alpaslan,
ARTVINLI Mustafa
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2004.00570.x
Subject(s) - mycobacterium smegmatis , medicine , pneumonia , pathogen , mycobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , immunology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , tuberculosis , biology
Mycobacterium smegmatis is a non‐tuberculous mycobacterium that is usually associated with soft tissue or wound infections in humans. Pulmonary infections secondary to this pathogen are rarely seen and occur only in patients with an underlying condition, such as lipoid pneumonia. This report presents the first case of M. smegmatis pneumonia in an otherwise healthy individual who had no predisposing condition.