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Genomic Analysis of a Hospital-Associated Outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus: Implications on Transmission

Published:2022-01-19 Issue:1 Volume:60 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Davidson Rebecca M.¹^ORCID,Nick Sophie E.²,Kammlade Sara M.¹,Vasireddy Sruthi³,Weakly Natalia¹,Hasan Nabeeh A.¹,Epperson L. Elaine¹,Strong Michael¹,Nick Jerry A.⁴,Brown-Elliott Barbara A.³^ORCID,Stout Jason E.⁵,Lewis Sarah S.⁵⁶,Wallace Richard J.³,Baker Arthur W.⁵⁶

Affiliation:

1. Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

2. Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA

3. Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, USA

4. Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

5. Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA

6. Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Abstract

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has recently been used to investigate acquisition of Mycobacterium abscessus . Investigators have reached conflicting conclusions about the meaning of genetic distances for interpretation of person-to-person transmission.

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.01547-21

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