Mycobacterium abscessus isolated from municipal water - a potential source of human infection

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thomson, Rachel ^a   Tolson, Carla ^b   Sidjabat, Hanna ^c   Huygens, Flavia ^d   Hargreaves, Megan ^d  

^a GREENSLOPES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SWIMMING POOLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84878006839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-241     Document Type: Article

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