A Cluster of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Tenosynovitis Following Hurricane Relief Efforts.

Nicholas A TurnerMollie I SweeneyAna M Xet-MullJeremy StormSuhail K MithaniDavid B JonesJeremy J MilesDavid M TobinJason E Stout

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

These cases illustrate the importance of molecular methods for speciating phenotypically similar NTM, as well as the limitations of laboratory-based surveillance in detecting point-source outbreaks when the source is environmental and may involve multiple organisms.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
public health
quality improvement
gram negative
climate change