Skin and soft tissue infections due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria
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Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Due to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review describes recent trends in the epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), emerging pathogens, new insights into NTM pathogenesis, and advances in diagnosis and treatment. RECENT FINDINGS Emerging pathogens include Mycobacterium chimaera and drug-resistant subspecies of Mycobacterium abscessus. Important virulence mechanisms of pathogenic NTM include the a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiology Australia
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1324-4272
DOI: 10.1071/ma04410