Investigation of Mycobacterium abscessus outbreak among cystic fibrosis patients, Hawaii 2012

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 198-200

  Johnston, D I ^a   Chisty, Z ^a   Gross, J E ^b   Park, S Y ^a  

^a HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAWAII; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA;

EID: 84969941199     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.04.015     Document Type: Letter

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