Cord factor producer Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii in asymptomatic immunocompetent host sputa samples

Abstract We report a case of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii colonization in upper respiratory tract of an immunocompetent patient, who was misdiagnosed as tuberculosis by Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) and cord factor formation observed directly from the sputa culture in liquid medium. This fact r...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Cardoso de Freitas (Author), Jean Eduardo Meneguello (Author), Livia Gisella Fernandes Eugenio (Author), Rhayana Lemos (Author), Regiane Bertin de Lima Scodro (Author), Vera Lucia Dias Siqueira (Author), Katiany Rizzieri Caleffi-Ferracioli (Author), Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso (Author)
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Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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