title: [Nontuberculous mycobacteria in the hospital environment].
abstract: Mycobacteria other than tubercle (MOTT) are ubiquitous. Mycobacterial disease is most common at the extremes of age and at the patients with malignancy or HIV infection. In an attempt to establish effective measures to prevent nosocomial disease which has become increasingly important we investigated the presence of MOTT in hospital environment of oncological and pediatric units. Between 1994-1997, 21 strains of MOTT were isolated from 500 environmental specimens (4.2% positive samples). The sources of MOTT were tap water and dust. The most frequent species was Mycobacterium marinum.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Microbiologie, U.M.F. Tg. Mureş.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Toma
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006761:Hospitals; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital; D010372:Pediatrics; D012383:Romania
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media
vernacular_title: Micobacterii netuberculoase în mediul spitalicesc.