NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA - CURRENT RISK IN BULGARIA
Background: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are generally free-living and have a potential to cause opportunistic infection. More than 190 species of NTM have been identified (http://www.bacterio.net/mycobacterium.html), up to 60 species of them are pathogenic. The distribution is geographically...
Main Authors: | Yuliana Atanasova, Stanislava Yordanova, Ana Baykova, Elizabeta Bachiyska |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
2024-01-01
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Series: | Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://pipd.ncipd.org/index.php/pipd/article/view/106 |
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