Studies of antimicrobial resistance in rare mycobacteria from a nosocomial environment

Studies of antimicrobial resistance in rare mycobacteria from a nosocomial environment

Abstract Background Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in nature and recognized agents of opportunistic infection, which is often aggravated by their intrinsic resistance to antimicrobials, poorly defined therapeutic strategies and by the lack of new drugs. However, evaluation of their...

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Main Authors: Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, Susana Alarico, Igor Tiago, Diogo Reis, Daniela Nunes-Costa, Olga Cardoso, Ana Maranha, Nuno Empadinhas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
Mycobacterium mucogenicum
Mycobacterium obuense
Mycobacterium paragordonae
Corynebacterineae
Antimicrobial resistance
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-019-1428-4

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