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Presence of a single genotype of the newly described species Mycobacterium immunogenum in industrial metalworking fluids associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2002
Wallace Richard J, Zhang Yansheng, Wilson Rebecca W, Mann Linda, Rossmoore Harold
Abstract excerpt
Outbreaks of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) among industrial metal-grinding machinists working with water-based metalworking fluids (MWF) have frequently been associated with high levels of mycobacteria in the MWF, but little is known about these organisms. We collected 107 MWF isolates of myc...
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