Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus Complex Associated with Sinopulmonary Disease, Northeastern USA

Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus Complex Associated with Sinopulmonary Disease, Northeastern USA

Members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus complex represent Mycobacterium species that cause invasive infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. We report the detection of a new pathogen that had been misidentified as M. chelonae with an atypical antimicrobial drug susceptibili...

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Main Authors: Keith E. Simmon, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Perry G. Ridge, Jacob D. Durtschi, Linda Bridge Mann, E. Susan Slechta, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Benjamin D. Moser, Anne M. Whitney, June M. Brown, Karl V. Voelkerding, Karin L. McGowan, Anne F. Reilly, Thomas J. Kirn, W. Ray Butler, Paul H. Edelstein, Richard J. Wallace, Cathy A. Petti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
bacteria
rapid-growing mycobacteria
multilocus sequencing
Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus complex
Mycobacterium franklinii
sinopulmonary disease
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/9/10-1667_article

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