Occurrence and Clinical Relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany

Retrospective molecular genetic analysis of 166 Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates showed that 143 (86%) strains could be assigned to Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov. Of 97 patients from whom M. chimaera sp. nov. was isolated, only 3.3% exhibited mycobacterial lung disease, whereas all M. intracel...

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Autores principales: Schweickert, Birgitta, Goldenberg, Oliver, Richter, Elvira, Göbel, Ulf B., Petrich, Annette, Buchholz, Petra, Moter, Annette
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18760016
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.071032
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Sumario:Retrospective molecular genetic analysis of 166 Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates showed that 143 (86%) strains could be assigned to Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov. Of 97 patients from whom M. chimaera sp. nov. was isolated, only 3.3% exhibited mycobacterial lung disease, whereas all M. intracellulare isolates caused severe pulmonary infections.

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