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Geographical distribution and regional differences in 532 clinical isolates of rapidly growing mycobacterial species in Japan.
Scientific reports - 2 Mar 2021
Kamada Keisuke, Yoshida Atsushi, Iguchi Shigekazu, Arai Yuko, Uzawa Yutaka, Konno Satoshi, Shimojima Masahiro, Kikuchi Ken
Abstract excerpt
Infectious diseases caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly becoming a major global problem. Additionally, Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. abscessus (MAB) infections are refractory to macrolides. This study was conducted to investigate the epidemiology of rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) species isolated from clinical specimens in Japan and assess differences in the regional distribution...
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