Geographical distribution and regional differences in 532 clinical isolates of rapidly growing mycobacterial species in Japan

Abstract Infectious diseases caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly becoming a major global problem. Additionally, Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. abscessus (MAB) infections are refractory to macrolides. This study was conducted to investigate the epidemiology of rapidly growi...

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Main Authors: Keisuke Kamada, Atsushi Yoshida, Shigekazu Iguchi, Yuko Arai, Yutaka Uzawa, Satoshi Konno, Masahiro Shimojima, Ken Kikuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84537-7