Clinical and genomic features of Mycobacterium avium complex: a multi-national European study.

Nils WetzsteinMargo DiricksThomas B AntonSönke AndresMartin KuhnsThomas A KohlCarsten SchwarzAstrid LewinJan KehrmannBarbara C KahlAnnika SchmidtStefan ZimmermannMoritz K JanssonSophie A BaronBettina SchulthessMichael HogardtInna FriesenStefan NiemannThomas A Wichelhaus

Published in: Genome medicine (2024)

This study demonstrates clustering and the presence of plasmids in a large proportion of MAC isolates in Europe and in a global context. Future studies need to urgently define potential ways of transmission of MAC isolates and the potential involvement of plasmids in virulence.

Keyphrases

escherichia coli
staphylococcus aureus
pseudomonas aeruginosa
mycobacterium tuberculosis
klebsiella pneumoniae
gene expression
multidrug resistant
climate change
quality improvement
copy number
antimicrobial resistance
candida albicans