Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus Isolates Recovered from German Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus Isolates Recovered from German Cystic Fibrosis Patients

ABSTRACT Infections due to Mycobacterium abscessus are a major cause of mortality and morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Furthermore, M. abscessus has been suspected to be involved in person-to-person transmissions. In 2016, dominant global clonal complexes (DCCs) that occur worldwide among...

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Main Authors: Nils Wetzstein, Margo Diricks, Thomas A. Kohl, Thomas A. Wichelhaus, Sönke Andres, Laura Paulowski, Carsten Schwarz, Astrid Lewin, Jan Kehrmann, Barbara C. Kahl, Karl Dichtl, Christian Hügel, Olaf Eickmeier, Christina Smaczny, Annika Schmidt, Stefan Zimmermann, Lutz Nährlich, Sylvia Hafkemeyer, Stefan Niemann, Florian P. Maurer, Michael Hogardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Mycobacterium abscessus
cystic fibrosis
whole-genome sequencing
dominant circulating clones
hospital transmission
German CF registry
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01714-22

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