Investigating hospital Mycobacterium chelonae infection using whole genome sequencing and hybrid assembly.

Investigating hospital Mycobacterium chelonae infection using whole genome sequencing and hybrid assembly.

Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium that is a common cause of nosocomial infections. Here we describe investigation of a possible nosocomial transmission of M. chelonae at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). M. chelonae strains with similar high...

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Main Authors: Christopher H Gu, Chunyu Zhao, Casey Hofstaedter, Pablo Tebas, Laurel Glaser, Robert Baldassano, Kyle Bittinger, Lisa M Mattei, Frederic D Bushman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236533

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236533

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