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<em>Mycobacterium abscessus: </em>Environmental Bacterium Turned Clinical Nightmare
2019-01-28
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Mycobacteria are a large family of over 100 species, most of which do not cause diseases in humans. The majority of the mycobacterial species are referred to as nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), meaning they are not the causative agent of tuberculous (TB) or leprosy, i.e. Mycobacterium tuberculous complex and Mycobacterium leprae, respectively. The latter group is undoubtedly the most infamous, with TB infecting...
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- ed7b48c6-8e7a-532d-abd8-c3f85f2f58b7
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints201901.0273.v1