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Identification of Virulence Markers of Mycobacterium abscessus for Intracellular Replication in Phagocytes
Published on: September 27, 2018
Whole-Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense Isolates from Brazil
Edson Machado1, Fernanda Cristina Oliveira1, Rafael Silva Duarte2
1Laboratório de Genética Molecular de Microrganismos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract:
The Mycobacterium abscessus complex comprises multidrug-resistant, opportunistic, and rapidly growing pathogens responsible for severe infections. Here, we report the genome composition of four Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense isolates from three sources: two from the lung of a cystic fibrosis patient, one from a mammary cyst, and one from a gutter system.
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