Pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium xenopi:two case reports.

The American review of respiratory disease ·Vol. 116 ·No. 4 ·1977-10-00 ·Pages 779-83

Tellis CJ, Beechler CR, Ohashi DK, Fuller SA

Abstract

Two cases of pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium xenopi are presented. One represents the first case report of Mycobacterium xenopi isolated from surgically resected lung tissue in the United States. The epidemiologic, bacteriologic, and clinical aspects of the disease are presented.

MeSH Terms

Adult Bacteriological Techniques Diagnosis, Differential Ethambutol/therapeutic use Female Humans Isoniazid/therapeutic use Lung Diseases/diagnosis,drug therapy Male Middle Aged Mycobacterium/isolation & purification Mycobacterium Infections/diagnosis,drug therapy

Chemicals

Ethambutol Isoniazid

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Tellis C J

Beechler C R

Ohashi D K

Fuller S A

Article Info

Journal

The American review of respiratory disease

Abbr.

Am Rev Respir Dis

ISSN

0003-0805

DOI

10.1164/arrd.1977.116.4.779

Published

1977-10-00

Pages

779-83

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0370523

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1164/arrd.1977.116.4.779

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