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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of quinolone resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii recovered from postsurgical infections.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
de Moura Vinicius Calado Nogueira, da Silva Marlei Gomes, Gomes Karen Machado, Coelho Fábrice Santana, Sampaio Jorge Luiz Mello, Mello Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz, Lourenço Maria Cristina da Silva, Amorim Efigênia de Lourdes Teixeira, Duarte Rafael Silva
Abstract excerpt
Several outbreaks of infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) were reported in many Brazilian states (2032 notified cases) from 2004 to 2010. Most of the confirmed cases were mainly associated with Mycobacterium massiliense (recently renamed as Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii) BRA100 clone, recovered from patients who had undergone invasive procedures in which medical instruments had not...
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