Suomalainen S, Koukila-Kähkölä P, Brander E, Katila ML, Piilonen A, Paulin L, Mattson K. Pulmonary infection caused by an unusual, slowly growing nontuberculous Mycobacterium.
J Clin Microbiol 2001;
39:2668-71. [PMID:
11427591 PMCID:
PMC88207 DOI:
10.1128/jcm.39.7.2668-2671.2001]
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Abstract
Mycobacterium triplex, a recently described slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium, was isolated from a Finnish patient with pulmonary mycobacteriosis. The disease was successfully treated with antimycobacterial drugs. The strain isolated, which was similar to the type strain but differed slightly from the species description, was regarded as a variant of M. triplex sensu stricto. According to present knowledge this variant of the species has never been isolated before.
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