Whole-genome sequencing to identify transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between patients with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of individuals with cystic fibrosis are becoming infected with the multidrug-resistant non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) Mycobacterium abscessus, which causes progressive lung damage and is extremely challenging to treat. How this organism is acquired is not currentl...

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Autores principales: Bryant, Josephine M, Grogono, Dorothy M, Greaves, Daniel, Foweraker, Juliet, Roddick, Iain, Inns, Thomas, Reacher, Mark, Haworth, Charles S, Curran, Martin D, Harris, Simon R, Peacock, Sharon J, Parkhill, Julian, Floto, R Andres
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3664974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23541540
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60632-7

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