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Potential Cross-Transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus among Non-Cystic Fibrosis Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Japan
10 May 2022
Abstract excerpt
(M. abscessus) cross-transmission in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients has often been reported, it is not clear whether similar events have occurred in Asian non-CF patients. Whole-genome sequencing analysis of M. abscessus isolates from Fukujuji Hospital in Japan indicated that genetically closely related M. abscessus isolates exist. In addition, according to epidemiological linkage analysis, some clusters were...
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