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    Review: Environmental mycobacteria as a cause of human infection

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    Authors
    Halstrom, S.
    Price, Patricia
    Thomson, R.
    Date
    2015
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Type
    Journal Article
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    Abstract

    Pulmonary infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are recognized as a problem in immunodeficient individuals and are increasingly common in older people with no known immune defects. NTM are found in soil and water, but factors influencing transmission from the environment to humans are mostly unknown. Studies of the epidemiology of NTM disease have matched some clinical isolates of NTM with isolates from the patient's local environment. Definitive matching requires strain level differentiation based on molecular analyses, including partial sequencing, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) PCR, repetitive element (rep-) PCR and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of large restriction fragments. These approaches have identified hospital and residential showers and faucets, hot-tubs and garden soil as sources of transmissible pathogenic NTM. However, gaps exist in the literature, with many clinical isolates remaining unidentified within environments that have been tested, and few studies investigating NTM transmission in developing countries. To understand the environmental reservoirs and transmission routes of pathogenic NTM, different environments, countries and climates must be investigated.

    Citation
    Halstrom, S. and Price, P. and Thomson, R. 2015. Review: Environmental mycobacteria as a cause of human infection. International Journal of Mycobacteriology. 4 (2): pp. 81-91.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Mycobacteriology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27874
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ijmyco.2015.03.002
    Department
    School of Biomedical Sciences
    Remarks

    This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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