Severe Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis-pulmonary disease was diagnosed in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman in Greece; the disease was initially treated as tuberculosis. The patient responded favorably to a new treatment regimen of azithromycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, and linezolid. Complete symptom resolution and radiologic improvement resulted.
Keywords: Greece; Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis; bacteria; nontuberculous mycobacteria; pulmonary disease; respiratory infections; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.