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SUBMITTER: Oh WS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1314895 | biostudies-literature | 2005
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oh Won Sup WS Ko Kwan Soo KS Song Jae-Hoon JH Lee Mi Young MY Ryu Seong Yeol SY Taek Sang S Kwon Ki Tae KT Lee Jang-Ho JH Peck Kyong Ran KR Lee Nam Yong NY
BMC infectious diseases 20051125
<h4>Background</h4>Rapidly growing mycobacteria is recognized as one of the causative agents of catheter-related infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. To date, however, Mycobacterium senegalense, which was known as the principal pathogen of bovine farcy, has not been reported in human infection.<h4>Case presentation</h4>We describe the first case of human infection by M. senegalense, which has caused catheter-related bloodstream infection in a cancer patient in Korea. The microorgan ...[more]