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SUBMITTER: Turenne CY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC156523 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20030601 6
Molecular techniques are playing an important role in the diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial infections. This case report describes a chronic soft tissue infection in an immunocompetent patient caused by a previously undescribed pigmented, rapidly growing Mycobacterium species, emphasizing the importance of clinical suspicion and effective laboratory techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of infection. ...[more]