High-level Relatedness among Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense Strains from Widely Separated Outbreaks

High-level Relatedness among Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense Strains from Widely Separated Outbreaks

Three recently sequenced strains isolated from patients during an outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense infections at a cystic fibrosis center in the United States were compared with 6 strains from an outbreak at a cystic fibrosis center in the United Kingdom and worldwide strains...

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Main Authors: Hervé Tettelin, Rebecca M. Davidson, Sonia Agrawal, Moira L. Aitken, Shamira Shallom, Nabeeh A. Hasan, Michael Strong, Vinicius Calado Nogueira de Moura, Mary Ann De Groote, Rafael S. Duarte, Erin Hine, Sushma Parankush, Qi Su, Sean C. Daugherty, Claire M. Fraser, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Richard J. Wallace, Steven M. Holland, Elizabeth P. Sampaio, Kenneth N. Olivier, Mary Jackson, Adrian M. Zelazny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium abscessus
Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense
bacteria
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
cystic fibrosis
relatedness
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/3/13-1106_article

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