Occurrence and Clinical Relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany

Schweickert, Birgitta; Goldenberg, Oliver; Richter, Elvira; Göbel, Ulf B.; Petrich, Annette; Buchholz, Petra; Moter, Annette

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Occurrence and Clinical Relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany

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Sep 2008
By Schweickert, Birgitta ; Goldenberg, Oliver ; Richter, Elvira ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Schweickert, Birgitta ; Goldenberg, Oliver ; Richter, Elvira ; Göbel, Ulf B. ; Petrich, Annette ; Buchholz, Petra ; Moter, Annette
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Retrospective molecular genetic analysis of 166 Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates showed that 143 (86%) strains could be assigned to Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov. Of 97 patients from whom M. chimaera sp. nov. was isolated, only 3.3% exhibited mycobacterial lung disease, whereas all M. intracellulare isolates caused severe pulmonary infections.
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Humans Lung Diseases Mycobacterium Mycobacterium Infections
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 14(9):1443-1446
Pubmed ID:

18760016
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC2603105
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Journal Article
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Germany
Volume:

14
Issue:

9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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