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Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Research Letter

Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis

Katerina ManikaComments to Author , Fanourios Kontos, Apostolos Papavasileiou, Dimitrios Papaventsis, Maria Sionidou, and Ioannis Kioumis
Author affiliations: G. Papanikolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece (K. Manika, M. Sionidou, I. Kioumis); Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece (F. Kontos); Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens (A. Papavasileiou, D. Papaventsis)

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Chest computed tomography scan 1 month after antituberculosis treatment initiation (A–C), at the time of Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis identification (D–F), and 1 year after treatment initiation for M. kumamotonensis (G–I). Resolution of cavities and scar formation (A to D to G), resolution of pulmonary infiltrations (B to E to H), and hardening of the nodular appearances (C to F to I) are shown.

Figure. Chest computed tomography scan 1 month after antituberculosis treatment initiation (A–C), at the time of Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis identification (D–F), and 1 year after treatment initiation for M. kumamotonensis (G–I). Resolution of cavities and scar formation (A to D to G), resolution of pulmonary infiltrations (B to E to H), and hardening of the nodular appearances (C to F to I) are shown.

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