General Overview on Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Biofilms, and Human Infection

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emergent pathogens whose importance in human health has been growing. After being regarded mainly as etiological agents of opportunist infections in HIV patients, they have also been recognized as etiological agents of several infections on immune-competent indi...

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Autores principales: Faria, Sonia, Joao, Ines, Jordao, Luisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4649093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26618006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/809014
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description Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emergent pathogens whose importance in human health has been growing. After being regarded mainly as etiological agents of opportunist infections in HIV patients, they have also been recognized as etiological agents of several infections on immune-competent individuals and healthcare-associated infections. The environmental nature of NTM and their ability to assemble biofilms on different surfaces play a key role in their pathogenesis. Here, we review the clinical manifestations attributed to NTM giving particular importance to the role played by biofilm assembly.
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spelling pubmed-46490932015-11-29 General Overview on Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Biofilms, and Human Infection Faria, Sonia Joao, Ines Jordao, Luisa J Pathog Review Article Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emergent pathogens whose importance in human health has been growing. After being regarded mainly as etiological agents of opportunist infections in HIV patients, they have also been recognized as etiological agents of several infections on immune-competent individuals and healthcare-associated infections. The environmental nature of NTM and their ability to assemble biofilms on different surfaces play a key role in their pathogenesis. Here, we review the clinical manifestations attributed to NTM giving particular importance to the role played by biofilm assembly. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4649093/ /pubmed/26618006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/809014 Text en Copyright © 2015 Sonia Faria et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/809014
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