Molecular longitudinal tracking of Mycobacterium abscessus spp. during chronic infection of the human lung.

The Mycobacterium abscessus complex is an emerging cause of chronic pulmonary infection in patients with underlying lung disease. The M. abscessus complex is regarded as an environmental pathogen but its molecular adaptation to the human lung during long-term infection is poorly understood. Here we...

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Main Authors: Kaj M Kreutzfeldt, Paul R McAdam, Pauline Claxton, Anne Holmes, A Louise Seagar, Ian F Laurenson, J Ross Fitzgerald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063237&type=printable
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