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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