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Emergence of nosocomial Mycobacterium massiliense infection in Goiás, Brazil.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jan 2000
Cardoso Alessandra Marques, Martins de Sousa Eduardo, Viana-Niero Cristina, Bonfim de Bortoli Fernando, Pereira das Neves Zilah Cândida, Leão Sylvia Cardoso, Junqueira-Kipnis Ana Paula, Kipnis André
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A cluster of surgical site infection cases after arthroscopic and laparoscopic procedures occurred between 2005 and 2007 in Goiânia, in the central region of Brazil. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) were isolated from samples (exudates from cutaneous abscesses) from 18 patients of seven private hospitals. There were no reports of post-surgical arthroscopic and laparoscopic mycobacterial infections in Goiânia...
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