Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of pulmonary disease caused by <i>Mycobacterium chimaera</i>

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Mycobacterium chimaera is a recently described species distinct from M. intracellulare. M. chimaera is regarded as less virulent than M. intracellulare. Using multi-locus sequence-based identification, M. chimaera lung disease was diagnosed in 11 patients. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of M. chimaera lung disease were comparable to M. intracellulare lung disease. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Mycobacterium avium complex; Mycobacterium chimaera; Mycobacterium intracellulare; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; COMPLEX LUNG-DISEASE; AVIUM COMPLEX; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; INTRACELLULARE; IDENTIFICATION; DIFFERENTIATION; INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS; VIRULENCE; STRAINS
제목
Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of pulmonary disease caused by <i>Mycobacterium chimaera</i>
저자
Moon, Seong Mi; Kim, Su-Young; Jhun, Byung Woo; Lee, Hyun; Park, Hye Yun; Jeon, Kyeongman; Huh, Hee Jae; Ki, Chang-Seok; Lee, Nam Yong; Shin, Sung Jae; Koh, Won-Jung
DOI
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.09.016
발행일
2016-12
유형
Article
저널명
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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86
호
4
페이지
382 ~ 384