Detection of Mycobacterium abscessus from deep pharyngeal swabs in cystic fibrosis

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 May;36(5):618-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.40. Epub 2015 Mar 2.

Authors

Charles R Esther Jr¹, Alan Kerr², Peter H Gilligan²

Affiliations

¹ 1Pediatric Pulmonology,University of North Carolina School of Medicine,Chapel Hill,North Carolina.
² 2Clinical Microbiology-Immunology Laboratories,UNC HealthCare,Chapel Hill,North Carolina.

PMID: 25727723
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.40

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Child
Cystic Fibrosis / complications
Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology*
Humans
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / complications
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
Pharyngeal Diseases / complications
Pharyngeal Diseases / diagnosis
Pharyngeal Diseases / microbiology
Pharynx / microbiology*
Young Adult