Pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium xenopi in an Australian man
Woolcock, W.J.; Dawson, D.J.
Medical Journal of Australia 2(4): 175-177
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X PMID: 514123 Document Number: 140775
A 63-year-old man with a history of increasing cough with sputum, weight loss, and lethargy was found to have pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium xenopi, a species rarely seen in Australia. Chemotherapy was successful. Apart from war service in Papua New Guinea, the patient had not travelled outside Australia.
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