A 64-year-old alcoholic man had a chronic cavitary pulmonary infiltrate. Initial sputum smears and cultures yielded abundant acid-fast organisms subsequently identified as Mycobacterium terrae. Treatment with rifampin and ethambutol resulted in progressive clinical and roentgenographic resolution with an apparent cure after 18 months of therapy.
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