Mycobacterium shimoidei, a Rare Pulmonary Pathogen, Queensland, Australia

Nontuberculous mycobacteria are human pathogens with increasing incidence and prevalence worldwide. Mycobacterium shimoidei is a rare cause of pulmonary disease, with only 15 cases previously reported. This series documents an additional 23 cases of M. shimoidei from Queensland, Australia, and highl...

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Autores principales: Baird, Timothy M., Carter, Robyn, Eather, Geoffrey, Thomson, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048290
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170999
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description Nontuberculous mycobacteria are human pathogens with increasing incidence and prevalence worldwide. Mycobacterium shimoidei is a rare cause of pulmonary disease, with only 15 cases previously reported. This series documents an additional 23 cases of M. shimoidei from Queensland, Australia, and highlights the pathogenicity and clinical role of this species.
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spelling pubmed-56524472017-11-01 Mycobacterium shimoidei, a Rare Pulmonary Pathogen, Queensland, Australia Baird, Timothy M. Carter, Robyn Eather, Geoffrey Thomson, Rachel Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Nontuberculous mycobacteria are human pathogens with increasing incidence and prevalence worldwide. Mycobacterium shimoidei is a rare cause of pulmonary disease, with only 15 cases previously reported. This series documents an additional 23 cases of M. shimoidei from Queensland, Australia, and highlights the pathogenicity and clinical role of this species. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5652447/ /pubmed/29048290 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170999 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Baird, Timothy M.
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Mycobacterium shimoidei, a Rare Pulmonary Pathogen, Queensland, Australia
title Mycobacterium shimoidei, a Rare Pulmonary Pathogen, Queensland, Australia
title_full Mycobacterium shimoidei, a Rare Pulmonary Pathogen, Queensland, Australia
title_fullStr Mycobacterium shimoidei, a Rare Pulmonary Pathogen, Queensland, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium shimoidei, a Rare Pulmonary Pathogen, Queensland, Australia
title_short Mycobacterium shimoidei, a Rare Pulmonary Pathogen, Queensland, Australia
title_sort mycobacterium shimoidei, a rare pulmonary pathogen, queensland, australia
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048290
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170999
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