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A fatal case of pulmonary infection by Mycobacterium colombiense in Para State, Amazon Region, Brazil
- Source :
- Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá), Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC), instacron:IEC
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- Federal University of Par?. Belem, PA, Brazil. Federal University of Par?. Belem, PA, Brazil. Federal University of Par?. Belem, PA, Brazil. Federal University of Par?. Belem, PA, Brazil. Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a heterogeneous group of species found in several environmental sources and that exhibit variable degrees of pathogenicity. Among the MAC members, Mycobacterium colombiense has been related to pulmonary disease and disseminated infection in HIV-infected patients in Colombia. Lymphadenopathy cases have also been reported. We have described a fatal case of M. colombiense pulmonary disease in a Brazilian patient without evidence of HIV infection or other known causes of immunosuppression.
- Subjects :
- DNA, Bacterial
Male
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_treatment
Brasil (BR)
Molecular Sequence Data
030106 microbiology
Zona Rural
Antitubercular Agents
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Pulmonary disease
Pulmonary infection
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Tuberculose Pulmonar / microbiologia
medicine.disease_cause
DNA, Ribosomal
03 medical and health sciences
Fatal Outcome
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
medicine
Cluster Analysis
Humans
Mycobacterium avium complex
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Phylogeny
Heterogeneous group
biology
Mycobacterium colombiense
Immunosuppression
Tuberculose Pulmonar / diagn?stico
Sequence Analysis, DNA
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Complexo Mycobacterium avium / isolamento & purifica??o
Mycobacterium avium Complex
biology.organism_classification
Pathogenicity
Virology
030104 developmental biology
Infectious Diseases
Antituberculosos / farmacologia
Radiography, Thoracic
Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana
Evolu??o Fatal
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Brazil
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07328893
- Volume :
- 85
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7d56530ea5c036e97a6b0cd39be3cde7