Occurrence and Clinical Relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany

Occurrence and Clinical Relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany

Retrospective molecular genetic analysis of 166 Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates showed that 143 (86%) strains could be assigned to Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov. Of 97 patients from whom M. chimaera sp. nov. was isolated, only 3.3% exhibited mycobacterial lung disease, whereas all M. intracel...

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Main Authors: Birgitta Schweickert, Oliver Goldenberg, Elvira Richter, Ulf B. Göbel, Annette Petrich, Petra Buchholz, Annette Moter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium avium complex
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection
atypical mycobacterium infections
high-performance liquid chromatography
ribosomal DNA
ribosomal spacer DNA
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/9/07-1032_article

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