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Summary
A case simulating pulmonary tuberculosis, due to a chromogenic acid-fast “saprophyte,”
is reported. The occurrence, also, of m in the sputum is in the sputum is believed to have resulted from a superinfection.
The relationship of the acid-fast bacillus isolated to similar strains of acid-fast
“saprophytes,” and the rôle of these organisms in pulmonary infections, are discussed.
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Publication history
Received:
February 14,
1956
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© 1956 Baillière, Tindall & Cox, Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc.
