TY - JOUR
T1 - Demonstration of cord formation by rough Mycobacterium abscessus variants: Implications for the clinical microbiology laboratory
AU - Sánchez-Chardi, Alejandro
AU - Olivares, Francesc
AU - Byrd, Thomas F.
AU - Julián, Esther
AU - Brambilla, Cecilia
AU - Luquin, Marina
PY - 2011/6/1
Y1 - 2011/6/1
N2 - In low-income countries some infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are misdiagnosed as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. In most of these settings the observation of microscopic cords is the only technique used to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the laboratory. In this article we definitively demonstrate that Mycobacterium abscessus, an emerging pulmonary pathogen, also forms microscopic cords. Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
AB - In low-income countries some infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are misdiagnosed as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. In most of these settings the observation of microscopic cords is the only technique used to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the laboratory. In this article we definitively demonstrate that Mycobacterium abscessus, an emerging pulmonary pathogen, also forms microscopic cords. Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79957529850
U2 - 10.1128/JCM.02322-10
DO - 10.1128/JCM.02322-10
M3 - Article
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 49
SP - 2293
EP - 2295
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 6
ER -
