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Nasopharyngeal Mycobacterium abscessus Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Masanori KajiHo NamkoongGenta NagaoShuhei AzekawaKensuke NakagawaraHiromu TanakaAtsuho MoritaTakanori AsakuraHirofumi KamataYoshifumi UwaminoMitsunori YoshidaKoichi FukunagaNaoki Hasegawa
Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2023)
Patients whose sputum culture tests are positive for NTM and who meet the diagnostic criteria for NTM infection but do not have intrapulmonary lesions should be evaluated for otorhinolaryngological infections. Our case series revealed that immunosuppressant use is a risk factor for pharyngeal/laryngeal NTM infection and that patients with pharyngeal/laryngeal NTM infections respond relatively well to antibiotic therapy.
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