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Genomic characterization of sporadic isolates of the dominant clone of Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies massiliense.
Scientific reports - 28 Jul 2021
Davidson Rebecca M, Benoit Jeanne B, Kammlade Sara M, Hasan Nabeeh A, Epperson L Elaine, Smith Terry, Vasireddy Sruthi, Brown-Elliott Barbara A, Nick Jerry A, Olivier Kenneth N, Zelazny Adrian M, Daley Charles L, Strong Michael, Wallace Richard J
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have characterized a dominant clone (Clone 1) of Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies massiliense (M. massiliense) associated with high prevalence in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, pulmonary outbreaks in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK), and a Brazilian epidemic of skin infections. The prevalence of Clone 1 in non-CF patients in the US and the relationship of sporadic US isolates to...
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