Um caso de infecção pulmonar por Mycobacterium paraffinicum na Região Amazônica/A case of pulmonary infection due to Mycobacterium paraffinicum from the Amazon Region
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em Inglês
| Instituto Evandro Chagas (SOPHIA) | ID: iec-16290
M. paraffinicum, a slow-growing scotochromogenic mycobacterium that uses paraffinic hydrocarbons other than methane, i.e. inorganic carbon sources, was originally isolated from soil samples, but only in 2010 definitely achieved the species status. We have described here the first report of pulmonary disease due to M. paraffinicum in Amazon Region