Clinical Relevance of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Oman

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Al-Mahruqi, Sara H. ; van Ingen, Jakko ; Al-Busaidy, Suleiman ; Boeree, Martin J. ; Al-Zadjali, Samiya ; Patel, Arti ; Dekhuijzen, P.N. Richard ; van Soolingen, Dick
• Description:
  Little is known about the clinical relevance of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in the Arabian Peninsula. We assessed the prevalence and studied a random sample of isolates at a reference laboratory in Muscat, Oman. NTM cause disease in this region, and their prevalence has increased.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Atypical mycobacteria
  • nontuberculous mycobacteria
  • atypical mycobacteria infections
  • Mycobacterium avium complex
  • Mycobacterium simiae
  • Oman
  • dispatch
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(2):292-294.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17399/cdc_17399_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 124.55 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4a877aba323ca9a76f019887430e18aae8df7565745d9c1c47f46fb42732eac3