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Five-year outbreak of community- and hospital-acquired Mycobacterium porcinum infections related to public water supplies.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2011
Brown-Elliott Barbara A, Wallace Richard J, Tichindelean Carmen, Sarria Juan C, McNulty Steven, Vasireddy Ravikaran, Bridge Linda, Mayhall C Glenn, Turenne Christine, Loeffelholz Michael
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium porcinum is a rarely encountered rapidly growing Mycobacterium (RGM). We identified M. porcinum from 24 patients at a Galveston university hospital (University of Texas Medical Branch) over a 5-year period. M. porcinum was considered a pathogen in 11 (46%) of 24 infected patients, including 4 patients with community-acquired disease. Retrospective patient data were collected, and water samples were...
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