Isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from household water and shower aerosols in patients with pulmonary disease caused by NTM

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3006-3011

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

^a GREENSLOPES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Queensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TRIPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM WOLINSKYI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROSOLS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84882742562     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00899-13     Document Type: Article

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