Isolation of Mycobacterium fortuitum in sputum specimens of a patient with chronic cough: Is it clinically significant?
Malaysian Family Physician
;
: 38-41, 2014.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-628518
ABSTRACT
Managing chronic cough is diagnostically challenging especially in primary care. This case report highlights the difficulties experienced in approaching a case of chronic cough from a primary care perspective. The discussion also involves the clinical significance and treatment dilemma of M. fortuitum chelonae complex that was isolated from the sputum cultures of an elderly woman who presented with chronic cough for more than a year.
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Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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Mycobacterium fortuitum
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
Language:
English
Journal:
Malaysian Family Physician
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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