<i>Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. chimaera</i> from Cardio Surgery Heating-Cooling Units and from Clinical Samples in Israel Are Genetically Unrelated

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are opportunistic pathogens that cause illness primarily in the elderly, in the immunocompromised or in patients with underlying lung disease. Since 2013, a global outbreak of NTM infection related to heater-cooler units (HCU) used in cardio-thoracic surgery has be...

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Main Authors: Mor Rubinstein, Rona Grossman, Israel Nissan, Mitchell J. Schwaber, Yehuda Carmeli, Hasia Kaidar-Shwartz, Zeev Dveyrin, Efrat Rorman
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: MDPI AG 2021
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NTM
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ad59711795b34a5390c8ff1f0f2ebdba
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