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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2008-09-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/9/07-1032_article |