Environmental sources of rapid growing nontuberculous mycobacteria causing disease in humans

Nontuberculous mycobacteria are environmental, opportunistic pathogens whose role in human disease is increasingly recognized, especially regarding the rapid growing mycobacteria (RGM). RGM are recovered from various environmental sources, both natural and man-made. In water systems, RGM can survive...

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Published in:	Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 15; no. 10; pp. 888 - 893
Main Authors:	van Ingen, J., Boeree, M.J., Dekhuijzen, P.N. R., van Soolingen, D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	aetiology Atypical Disease Outbreaks Environmental Microbiology Humans Mycobacterium - isolation & purification Mycobacterium infections Mycobacterium Infections - epidemiology Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology rapid growers review aetiology Mycobacterium infections Atypical rapid growers review
ISSN:	1198-743X, 1469-0691, 1469-0691
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