| bronchoscopy-associated mycobacterium xenopi pseudoinfections. | mycobacterium xenopi typically accounts for less than 0.3% of all clinical mycobacterial isolates. over a 37-mo period, 21 (35%) of 60 mycobacterial isolates from a michigan hospital were identified as m. xenopi. hospital, laboratory, and bronchoscopy records were reviewed to determine case characteristics, develop a case series, and calculate procedure-specific m. xenopi isolation rates. a case-control study was conducted to elucidate aspects of the bronchoscopy procedure associated with m. xen ... | 1994 | 8025757 |