Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and the rise of Mycobacterium abscessus
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A Non-HIV-infected Man with Multiple Infections: Mycobacterium abscessus Lymphadenitis, Pulmonary Cryptococcosis and Tuberculous Osteomyelitis
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. Received for publication: August 19, 2010. Reprint request: Pornrith Pisuttimarn, M.D., Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Microbiology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1740-1526,1740-1534
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-020-0331-1