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Why is non tb mycobacterium occur again when a surgery on the left lung is done , now its on the right started medicine. ?
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Needs abx: Imagine the lung as a sponge filled with air in which the pipes comunicate with each other; the non-mtb travels from one piece of the lung to other. Surgery is for the most affected lung but you need antibiotics as well.
Answered 9/3/2013
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