TY - JOUR AU - Molteni, Chiara AU - Gazzola, Lidia AU - Cesari, Miriam AU - Lombardi, Alessandra AU - Salerno, Franco AU - Tortoli, Enrico AU - Codecasa, Luigi AU - Penati, Valeria AU - Franzetti, Fabio AU - Gori, Andrea T1 - Mycobacterium lentiflavum Infection in Immunocompetent Patient T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 119 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Mycobacterium lentiflavum is a recently described nontuberculous mycobacterium that has mainly clinical importance in young children with cervical lymphadenitis and in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of chronic pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent patient. Our observation confirms clinical, diagnostic, and treatment difficulties in the management of M. lentiflavum infection. KW - Mycobacterium lentiflavum KW - nontuberculous mycobacteria KW - tuberculosis KW - dispatch KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid1101.040523 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/1/04-0523_article ER - End of Reference