Occurrence and clinical relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1443-1446

  Schweickert, Birgitta ^a   Goldenberg, Oliver ^b   Richter, Elvira ^c   Göbel, Ulf B ^a   Petrich, Annette ^a   Buchholz, Petra ^a   Moter, Annette ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Transgenomic Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE;

GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 50849117184     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.071032     Document Type: Article

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