Sudeep Acharya, Sakura Thapa, Mahreen Anwar, Shamsuddin Anwar, Michel Chalhoub
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Abstract
Mycobacterium xenopi, a slow-growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium uncommonly recognized pathogenic organism especially in the United States. We present a unique and interesting case of pulmonary cavitary lesions and infection in a young patient with no comorbidities.