Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease Secondary to Mycobacterium Szulgai

Abstract

Oztug Onal C and Emel Kibaroglu

Mycobacterium szulgai was first defined in 1972 as a non-pathogenic mycobacterium. It is a rarely seen nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM or mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT)) and evidence of disease usually accompanies its isolation from clinical specimen.