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Outbreaks due to Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii in southern Brazil: persistence of a single clone from 2007 to 2011.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Oct 2014
Nunes Luciana de S, Baethgen Ludmila F, Ribeiro Marta O, Cardoso Cássia M, de Paris Fernanda, De David Simone M M, da Silva Marlei G, Duarte Rafael S, Barth Afonso L
Abstract excerpt
Outbreaks associated with rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) have been increasingly reported worldwide, including in Brazil. Among the RGM, the Mycobacterium abscessus complex is the most pathogenic and related to multidrug resistance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular profile of RGM isolates involved in new postsurgical infection outbreaks in Brazil since 2007....
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