Mycobacterium abscessus and Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Mycobacterium abscessus and Children with Cystic Fibrosis

We prospectively studied 298 patients with cystic fibrosis (mean age 11.3 years; range 2 months to 32 years; sex ratio, 0.47) for nontuberculous mycobacteria in respiratory samples from January 1, 1996, to December 31, 1999. Mycobacterium abscessus was by far the most prevalent nontuberculous mycoba...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Muriel Le Bourgeois, Catherine Pierre-Audigier, Catherine Offredo, Didier Guillemot, Sophie Halley, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Véronique Vincent, Valérie Sivadon-Tardy, Agnès Ferroni, Patrick Berche, Pierre Scheinmann, Gérard Lenoir, Jean-Louis Gaillard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cystic fibrosis
Mycobacterium abscessus
nontuberculous mycobacteria
hsp65 sequencing
pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
epidemiology
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/12/02-0774_article

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