Fatal pulmonary cavitary disease secondary to Mycobacterium xenopi in a patient with sarcoidosis

• Main Authors: Omar Abdulfattah (Author), Divya Salhan (Author), Saroj Kandel (Author), Ebad Ur Rahman (Author), Sumit Dahal (Author), Zainab Alnafoosi (Author), Frances Schmidt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Mycobacterium xenopi (M. xenopi) has low pathogenicity and usually requires either host immune impairment or structural lung disease to cause clinical disease. Fatal cavitary infection in a patient without immunosuppression is rarely presented. Case report: A 62-year-old female with hi...