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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus infections in a subtropical chronic ventilatory setting.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Oct 2010
Huang Wei-Chang, Chiou Chien-Shun, Chen Jiann-Hwa, Shen Gwan-Han
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the high level of pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus infections and implement a surveillance programme among 43 ventilator-dependent patients, 15 with pulmonary M. abscessus infections, in a hospital long-term respiratory care ward (RCW) in central Taiwan. M. abscessus isolates were obtained from 35 patients in the RCW of hospital A, 6 patients in the RCWs of another three...
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