Respiratory outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies massiliense in a lung transplant and cystic fibrosis center

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan 15;185(2):231-2. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.185.2.231.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cystic Fibrosis / surgery*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Humans
  • Lung Abscess / diagnosis
  • Lung Abscess / microbiology*
  • Lung Abscess / mortality
  • Lung Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Lung Transplantation / mortality*
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / complications
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / mortality*
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / classification
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Surgery Department, Hospital
  • Survival Rate
  • United States / epidemiology