1.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 14(9): 1443-6, 2008 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18760016
ABSTRACT
Retrospective molecular genetic analysis of 166 Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates showed that 143 (86%) strains could be assigned to Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov. Of 97 patients from whom M. chimaera sp. nov. was isolated, only 3.3% exhibited mycobacterial lung disease, whereas all M. intracellulare isolates caused severe pulmonary infections.