Pulmonary Infection Due to Mycobacterium marinum in an Immunocompetent Patient

The patient had no history of fever, chills, body weight loss, night sweats, dyspnea, chest pain, or use of an anticoagulant. The portal of entry of the organism in our patient was not easily clarified because of the absence of any recent contact with marine animals or environmental conditions suita...

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Published inClinical infectious diseases Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 206 - 208
Main Authors Lai, Chih-Cheng, Lee, Li-Na, Chang, Yih-Leong, Lee, Yung-Chie, Ding, Liang-Wen, Hsueh, Po-Ren
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The University of Chicago Press 01.01.2005
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Oxford University Press
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Summary:The patient had no history of fever, chills, body weight loss, night sweats, dyspnea, chest pain, or use of an anticoagulant. The portal of entry of the organism in our patient was not easily clarified because of the absence of any recent contact with marine animals or environmental conditions suitable for propagation of the organism.
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ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/426693