Rapidly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Cultured from Home Tap and Shower Water
- 1 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 76 (17) , 6017-6019
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00843-10
Abstract
Tap and shower water at two locations in the Netherlands was examined for the presence of rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria. Cultures yielded Mycobacterium peregrinum, M. salmoniphilum, M. llatzerense, M. septicum, and three potentially novel species, a distribution different from that in clinical samples.Keywords
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