The detection and sequencing of a broad-host-range conjugative IncP-1β plasmid in an epidemic strain of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii.

The detection and sequencing of a broad-host-range conjugative IncP-1β plasmid in an epidemic strain of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii.

<h4>Background</h4>An extended outbreak of mycobacterial surgical infections occurred in Brazil during 2004-2008. Most infections were caused by a single strain of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii, which was characterized by a specific rpoB sequevar and two highly similar pulsed-f...

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Main Authors: Sylvia Cardoso Leão, Cristianne Kayoko Matsumoto, Adriana Carneiro, Rommel Thiago Ramos, Christiane Lourenço Nogueira, James Daltro Lima, Karla Valéria Lima, Maria Luiza Lopes, Horacio Schneider, Vasco Ariston Azevedo, Artur da Costa da Silva
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/30a24f6f8bee4fc3a259b546884eca6a
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