Mycobacterium abscessus in patients with cystic fibrosis: Low impact of inter-human transmission in Italy

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a   Kohl, Thomas A ^b   Trovato, Alberto ^a   Baldan, Rossella ^a   Campana, Silvia ^c   Cariani, Lisa ^d   Colombo, Carla ^e   Costa, Danila ^f   Cristadoro, Simona ^g   Di Serio, M Clelia ^h   Manca, Antonio ^f   Pizzamiglio, Giovanna ^e   Rancoita, Paola M V ^h   Rossolini, Gian Maria ⁱ   Taccetti, Giovanni ^c   Teri, Antonio ^d   Niemann, Stefan ^b   Cirillo, Daniela M ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e AO Niguarda Ca' Granda   (Italy)

^f POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^g Messina Hospital   (Italy)

^h VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPLICATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; LUNG DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSMISSION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEDICINE; ITALY; LUNG DISEASES; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85026211106     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02525-2016     Document Type: Letter

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