Publications

high-catalase strains of mycobacterium kansasii isolated from water in texas.	isolation techniques with membrane-filtered potable water samples resulted in the isolation of potentially pathogenic high-catalase strains of mycobacterium kansasii from 8 of 19 representative outlets in a small central texas town. mycobacterium gordonae was isolated from all samples, and mycobacterium fortuitum was isolated from two samples. data on chlorine levels are presented along with a possible explanation for the unusually high numbers of mycobacteria in these potable water samples. fin ...	1980	7381016
heterogeneity among isolates of rapidly growing mycobacteria responsible for infections following augmentation mammaplasty despite case clustering in texas and other southern coastal states.	thirty-seven cases of rapidly growing mycobacterial wound infections following augmentation mammaplasty were identified between 1979 and 1988. the infections were usually unilateral and had a narrow geographic distribution: almost 60% were from texas and 92% from five southern coastal states. in texas a seasonal incidence was observed; 45% of all previously reported and current patients had undergone mammaplasty in april, may, or june. although these findings suggested a possible common source, ...	1989	2760484