TY - JOUR
T1 - Cavitary lung infection caused by mycobacterium flavescens
AU - Casimir, Mirtha T.
AU - Fainstein, Victor
AU - Papadopolous, Nicholas
PY - 1982/1/1
Y1 - 1982/1/1
N2 - Atypical mycobacteria are now recognized as important human pathogens and infection due to these organisms is an increasing and important problem in the management of cancer patients. We describe what appears to be the first case in a cancer patient of severe and chronic pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium flavescens, an organism previously not reported to cause disease in humans.
AB - Atypical mycobacteria are now recognized as important human pathogens and infection due to these organisms is an increasing and important problem in the management of cancer patients. We describe what appears to be the first case in a cancer patient of severe and chronic pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium flavescens, an organism previously not reported to cause disease in humans.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-198202000-00042
DO - 10.1097/00007611-198202000-00042
M3 - Article
C2 - 7058379
AN - SCOPUS:0020472507
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 75
SP - 253
EP - 254
JO - Southern Medical Journal
JF - Southern Medical Journal
IS - 2
ER -