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Clinical relevance of Mycobacterium simiae in pulmonary samples.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Jan 2008
van Ingen J, Boeree M J, Dekhuijzen P N R, van Soolingen D
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to determine the clinical relevance of Mycobacterium simiae isolation from clinical samples. The medical files of patients in the Netherlands from whom M. simiae was isolated between 1999 and 2006 were reviewed in order to assess frequency and clinical relevance. Clinical relevance was defined as fulfilment of the diagnostic criteria of the American Thoracic Society. From the...
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