| mycobacterium fortuitum epidemics after open heart surgery. | | 1977 | 610989 |
| mycobacterium fortuitum epidemics after open-heart surgery. | we present the clinical and epidemiological features of mycobacterium fortuitum epidemics involving 19 patients who underwent open-heart surgery. the source of the infection could not be identified. however, bone wax and homografts utilized at that time have been suspected. the infected patients responded poorly to antibiotic management and their courses in most cases were influenced beneficially by total sternectomy and transplantation of the omentum into the mediastinum. the emergence of m. fo ... | 1978 | 619181 |
| epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolations among central north carolina residents, 2006-2010. | nontuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) are environmental mycobacteria associated with a range of infections. reports of ntm epidemiology have primarily focused on pulmonary infections and isolations, however extrapulmonary infections of the skin, soft tissues and sterile sites are less frequently described. | 2016 | 26997636 |