International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages e459-e462 , November 2009

Mycobacterium celatum pulmonary infection mimicking pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis

  • Che-Kim Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Yungkang, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Cheng Lai

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Internal Medicine, Yi-Min Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chien-Hong Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Po-Ren Hsueh

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 23123456x65355.

Received 24 November 2008 ,Accepted 17 December 2008.

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PII: S1201-9712(09)00065-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.12.014

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages e459-e462 , November 2009

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