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Increased Virulence of an Epidemic Strain of Mycobacterium massiliense in Mice

BACKGROUND: Chronic pulmonary disease and skin/soft tissue infections due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) of the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus-massiliense group is an emerging health problem worldwide. Moreover, the cure rate for the infections this group causes is low despite aggressive tr...

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Autores principales: Shang, Shaobin, Gibbs, Sara, Henao-Tamayo, Marcela, Shanley, Crystal A., McDonnell, Gerald, Duarte, Rafael Silva, Ordway, Diane J., Jackson, Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3171484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21931831
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024726