Postulated sources of Mycobacterium intracellulare and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infection: isolation of mycobacteria from estuaries and ocean waters.
Mycobacteria biochemically and serologically similar to those isolated from humans have been found in estuaries and ocean waters in the south-eastern United States. This is consistent with the hypothesis that aerosols from these waters are one potential source of infection with these mycobacteria.
D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000635:transmission*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009657:North Carolina; D012623:Seawater; D013022:South Carolina; D014768:Virginia; D014871:Water Microbiology