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SUBMITTER: Bryant JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5142603 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20161101 6313
Lung infections with Mycobacterium abscessus, a species of multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria, are emerging as an important global threat to individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF), in whom M. abscessus accelerates inflammatory lung damage, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Previously, M. abscessus was thought to be independently acquired by susceptible individuals from the environment. However, using whole-genome analysis of a global collection of clinical isolates, we sh ...[more]