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Meningitis caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum mimicking tuberculous meningitis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and literature review.

2020-04-24

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<h4>Background: </h4> Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a large group of microorganisms that mainly affect persons who have immune deficiency. Mycobacterium fortuitum is one of them, which usually cause soft tissue or pulmonary disease. Meningitis caused by M. fortuitum is extremely rare and is often confused with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) due to its low prevalence. Case presentation: A 35-year-old woman wa...

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Literature Corpus work: 4cf34848-65d8-5ce3-80ea-15316ae4f08f
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-15939/v3

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