Report of two cases of Mycobacterium europaeum from Iran.

Jpn J Infect Dis

School of Veterinary Medicine, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran. f.pourahmad@ilam.ac.ir

Published: April 2013

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Herein, we report repeated isolation of Mycobacterium europaeum from the sputum samples of an Iranian human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient and a cystic fibrosis patient with chronic pulmonary disease. To our knowledge, this is the first isolation of M. europaeum from human clinical specimens in Asia to be reported.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.7883/yoken.65.539DOI Listing

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