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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3121-3124, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00148-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Pulmonary Case Reported in Argentina of Infection with Mycobacterium szulgai, a Rare Pathogen{triangledown}

M. Gutierrez,1,2* M. Feola,3 L. Lenge,3 R. Rey,2 and M. Hoffman1

Microbiology Unit, Hospital Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires,1 School of Medicine, Fundación Barceló, Buenos Aires,2 Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Carlos Durand, Buenos Aires, Argentina3

Received 20 January 2007/ Returned for modification 21 March 2007/ Accepted 17 June 2007

Mycobacterium szulgai is a rare pathogen. Nontuberculous mycobacteria usually produce disease in people with some kind of immunosuppression or another predisposing condition. A case of pulmonary Mycobacterium szulgai infection is described.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Ameghino 2911, Sáenz Pena (1674), Prov. de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1674, Argentina. Phone: (54)11-47575436. Fax: (54)11-47575436. E-mail: gutierrezm{at}sinectis.com.ar

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 June 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3121-3124, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00148-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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