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2584. Predictors of Clinically Significant Infection in Patients with Mycobacterium simiae Isolated from Respiratory Samples: a Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium simiae is a rare slow-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM). It is predominant in Middle Eastern countries like Israel, Iran and Lebanon and is the most isolated NTM spp. at our institution (40%). Little is known about its reservoirs, pathogenesis, risk factors and i...

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Autores principales: Zakhour, Johnny, Wehbe, Saliba, Harb, Souad Bou, Chalhoub, Mariam, Bitar, Elio, Kanj, Souha S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10677113/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.2199