A multilocus sequence typing scheme for Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MAB-multilocus sequence typing) using whole-genome sequencing data

Background:Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapid growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and a clinically significant pathogen capable of causing variable infections in humans that are difficult to treat and may require months of therapy/surgical interventions. Like other NTMs, M. abscessus can be as...

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Main Authors: Michelle Wuzinski, Aneta K Bak, Aaron Petkau, Walter H B. Demczuk, Hafid Soualhine, Meenu Kaushal Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2019;volume=8;issue=3;spage=273;epage=280;aulast=Wuzinski