LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Poor outcome following lung transplantation in CF patients infected with mycobacterium abscessus appears to be associated with two genetic clusters of mycobacterium abscessus subspecies abscessus

Ema Kavaliunaite (London, United Kingdom), Ema Kavaliunaite, Kathryn A. Harris, Paul Aurora, Garth Dixon, Delane Shingadia, Nagarajan Muthialu, Helen Spencer

Source: International Congress 2016 – Cystic fibrosis: inflammation, microbiology, management and monitoring
Session: Cystic fibrosis: inflammation, microbiology, management and monitoring
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4872
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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Ema Kavaliunaite (London, United Kingdom), Ema Kavaliunaite, Kathryn A. Harris, Paul Aurora, Garth Dixon, Delane Shingadia, Nagarajan Muthialu, Helen Spencer. LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Poor outcome following lung transplantation in CF patients infected with mycobacterium abscessus appears to be associated with two genetic clusters of mycobacterium abscessus subspecies abscessus. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 4872

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