Non tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) contamination in a hospital water supply network: Association with pulmonary infection in respiratory wards

Gregorino Paone (Rome, Italy), Salvatore D’Antonio, Daniela Orazi, Elisabetta Magini, Alfonso Altieri, Mario Giuseppe Alma, Giovanni Puglisi, Isabella Sanguigni, Rita De santis, Gregorino Paone

Source: International Congress 2015 – Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and molecular microbiology
Session: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and molecular microbiology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2682
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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