Occurrence and clinical relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany.
Retrospective molecular genetic analysis of 166 Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates showed that 143 (86%) strains could be assigned to Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov. Of 97 patients from whom M. chimaera sp. nov. was isolated, only 3.3% exhibited mycobacterial lung disease, whereas all M. intracellulare isolates caused severe pulmonary infections.
Schweickert
Birgitta
B
Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. birgitta.schweickert@charite.de
Goldenberg
Oliver
O
Richter
Elvira
E
Göbel
Ulf B
UB
Petrich
Annette
A
Buchholz
Petra
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Moter
Annette
A