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

نویسندگان

  • Birgitta Schweickert
  • Oliver Goldenberg
  • Elvira Richter
  • Ulf B. Göbel
  • Annette Petrich
  • Petra Buchholz
  • Annette Moter
چکیده

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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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases

دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008