Abstract
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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 382-384 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 Dec 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (NRF-2015R1A2A1A01003959) and by a grant from the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (HI15C2778).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases