Mycobacterial Genotypes Are Associated With Clinical Manifestation and Progression of Lung Disease Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliense | Zendy

Sung Jae Shin | Zendy; Go Eun Choi | Zendy; Sang-Nae Cho | Zendy; Sook Young Woo | Zendy; ByeongHo Jeong | Zendy; Kyeongman Jeon | Zendy; WonJung Koh | Zendy

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Mycobacterial Genotypes Are Associated With Clinical Manifestation and Progression of Lung Disease Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliense

Author(s) -

Sung Jae Shin,

Go Eun Choi,

Sang-Nae Cho,

Sook Young Woo,

ByeongHo Jeong,

Kyeongman Jeon,

WonJung Koh

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit172

Subject(s) - mycobacterium abscessus , medicine , genotyping , genotype , bronchiectasis , antibiotics , disease , nontuberculous mycobacteria , mycobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , tuberculosis , lung , biology , genetics , gene

Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliense, which cause lung disease, are variable in their clinical manifestation and progression. We hypothesized that mycobacterial genotypes represent their pathogenic phenotypes, which would result in particular genotypes being associated with disease progression.

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