pulmonary disease in an immunocompetent host: A case report and literature review.

() is a bacterial species that can cause severe pulmonary diseases. Despite its clinical importance, only a few cases of infection have been reported. Here, we present a rare case of pulmonary disease due to in an immunocompetent patient who showed abnormal findings on chest X-ray and computed tomography scans. In this patient, the bacterium was identified by DNA sequencing analysis of the and genes. The patient was successfully treated with the appropriate antimicrobial agents. To put this case into the context of the current literature, we also reviewed other case reports of infection.