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The Recovery of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Complex (MAC) from the Residential Bathrooms of P...

The Recovery of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Complex (MAC) from the Residential Bathrooms of P...

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The Recovery of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Complex (MAC) from the Residential Bathrooms of Patients with Pulmonary MAC

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Full title

The Recovery of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Complex (MAC) from the Residential Bathrooms of Patients with Pulmonary MAC

Publisher

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

Journal title

Clinical infectious diseases, 2007-08, Vol.45 (3), p.347-351

Language

English

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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

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Contents

The distribution of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) in residences was examined. MAC was only recovered from bathrooms but not from other sites of residences. The appearance ratio in the bathrooms of patients with pulmonary MAC was significantly higher than that in healthy volunteers' bathrooms (P = .01). For 2 patients, the genotyp...

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Full title

The Recovery of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Complex (MAC) from the Residential Bathrooms of Patients with Pulmonary MAC

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70671595

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70671595

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ISSN

1058-4838

E-ISSN

1537-6591

DOI

10.1086/519383

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