Factors associated with the isolation of Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from a large municipal water system in Brisbane, Australia

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thomson, Rachel M ^a   Carter, Robyn ^b   Tolson, Carla ^b   Coulter, Chris ^b   Huygens, Flavia ^c   Hargreaves, Megan ^c  

^a GREENSLOPES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLORINATION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FLAVESCENS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTERJECTUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; SUMMER; TUBE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; SEASONS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 84876732655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-89     Document Type: Article

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