title: Ostrava--a new endemic focus of Mycobacteria xenopi in the Czech Republic.
abstract: From February 1990 until late October 1991, M. xenopi was isolated from the sputa of 30 persons in one of the 4 boroughs of Ostrava. This species could also be identified in water samples and smears taken in 7 out of 14 tested households of both colonized persons and patients with mycobacteriosis xenopi. As established, the optimum conditions for multiplication of M. xenopi exist in exchanger units; control measures for this agent in the exchanger facilities are proposed.
authors.affiliation: Regional Hygienic Station, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaustová
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Charvát
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mudra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Holendová
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply