Environmental sources of rapid growing nontuberculous mycobacteria causing disease in humans

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 888-893

  van Ingen, J ^a,b   Boeree, M J ^a   Dekhuijzen, P N R ^a   van Soolingen, D ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Atypical; Mycobacterium infections; Rapid growers; Review

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM IMMUNOGENUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; NONHUMAN; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL MICROFLORA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70350580930     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03013.x     Document Type: Review

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