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Multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from cystic fibrosis patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2014
Cândido Pedro Henrique Campanini, Nunes Luciana de Souza, Marques Elizabeth Andrade, Folescu Tânia Wrobel, Coelho Fábrice Santana, de Moura Vinicius Calado Nogueira, da Silva Marlei Gomes, Gomes Karen Machado, Lourenço Maria Cristina da Silva, Aguiar Fábio Silva, Chitolina Fernanda, Armstrong Derek T, Leão Sylvia Cardoso, Neves Felipe Piedade Gonçalves, Mello Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz, Duarte Rafael Silva
Abstract excerpt
Worldwide, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have become emergent pathogens of pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, with an estimated prevalence ranging from 5 to 20%. This work investigated the presence of NTM in sputum samples of 129 CF patients (2 to 18 years old) submitted to longitudinal clinical supervision at a regional reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From June 2009 to March...
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