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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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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Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Mycobacterium fortuitum
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Infecciones por Mycobacterium no Tuberculosas
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Malaysian Family Physician
Año:
2014
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Artículo
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