Biofilm Formation by Mycobacterium abscessus in a Lung Cavity

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A 55-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection was treated with intravenous and oral antimycobacterial drugs for 4 months. He was then referred for adjunctive surgical resection of a right upper lobe cavity (Figure 1). The surgical pathology revealed numerous acid-fast bacilli lining the central surface of the cavity (Figure 2); M. abscessus grew in culture...

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