Carmen García-Ibarbia , Belen Espina , Marta Fernández-Ayala , Daniel Nan
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Abstract
We report the case of a non-immunocompromised male patient, who developed exogenous lipoid pneumonia complicated with Mycobacterium fortuitum infection. The association of exogenous lipoid pneumonia with atypical mycobacterial infection is uncommon but well-recognized.