Environmental sources of nontuberculous mycobacteria

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-41

  Falkinham, Joseph O ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosolization; Drinking water; Mycobacterium; Soil

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84922464437     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: 15578216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2014.10.003     Document Type: Review

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