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Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis, a pathogen that was described in 2006 ( Figure Figure. Chest computed tomography scan 1 month after antituberculosis treatment initiation (A–C), at the time of Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis identification (D–F), and 1 year after treatment initiation for . A 68-year-old woman in Greece had had shortness of breath, productive cough, and low-grade fever for several weeks. The patient was from Georgia but had been living in Greece for the preceding 20 years; she had a history of breast cancer, which had been treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy 7 years earlier, and bronchiectasis. During the preceding 3 years, the patient had recurrent chest infections and received multiple antimicrobial drug regimens. Based on a positive sputum acid-fast staining, standard antituberculosis treatment was initiated. Culture of the sputum sample was macroscopically suggestive of nontuberculous mycobacteria, but identification of the species was n ....