New Rapid Scheme for Distinguishing the Subspecies of the Mycobacterium abscessus Group and Identifying Mycobacterium massiliense Isolates with Inducible Clarithromycin Resistance

Respiratory Outbreak ofMycobacterium abscessusSubspeciesmassiliensein a Lung Transplant and Cystic Fibrosis Center

(2013) Moira L. Aitken et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Mycobacterium abscessus multispacer sequence typing

(2013) Mohamed Sassi et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Whole-genome sequencing to identify transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus between patients with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study

(2013) Josephine M Bryant et al.   LANCET

The use of a two-gene sequencing approach to accurately distinguish between the species within the Mycobacterium abscessus complex and Mycobacterium chelonae

(2012) C. Blauwendraat et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinical and Microbiological Differences between Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliense Lung Diseases

(2012) T. Harada et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Typing of Mycobacterium abscessus Based on Tandem-Repeat Polymorphism

(2012) Y. L. Wong et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Mycobacteria in Solid-Culture Media by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

(2011) P. G. Saleeb et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clinical Significance of Differentiation ofMycobacterium massiliensefromMycobacterium abscessus

(2010) Won-Jung Koh et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Host Immune Response to Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria, an Emerging Cause of Chronic Lung Disease

(2010) Edward D. Chan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Assessment of Clarithromycin Susceptibility in Strains Belonging to theMycobacterium abscessusGroup byerm(41) andrrlSequencing

(2010) Sylvaine Bastian et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Epidemic of surgical-site infections by a single clone of rapidly growing mycobacteria in Brazil

(2010) Sylvia Cardoso Leão et al.   Future Microbiology

Proposal that Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii be united and reclassified as Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii comb. nov., designation of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus subsp. nov. and emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus

(2010) S. C. Leao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Efficient Differentiation of Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Isolates to the Species Level by a Novel PCR-Based Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Assay

(2010) G.-E. Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Identification of Mycobacterial Whole Cells in Solid and Liquid Culture Media by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

(2010) Aurélie Lotz et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Multilocus Sequence Analysis and rpoB Sequencing of Mycobacterium abscessus (Sensu Lato) Strains

(2010) E. Macheras et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mycobacterium massiliense is differentiated from Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium bolletii by erythromycin ribosome methyltransferase gene (erm) and clarithromycin susceptibility patterns

(2010) Hee-Youn Kim et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

A Novel Gene, erm(41), Confers Inducible Macrolide Resistance to Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus but Is Absent from Mycobacterium chelonae

(2009) K. A. Nash et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Cohort Study of Molecular Identification and Typing of Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium massiliense, and Mycobacterium bolletii

(2009) A. M. Zelazny et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Inaccuracy of Single-Target Sequencing for Discriminating Species of the Mycobacterium abscessus Group

(2009) E. Macheras et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of Mycobacteria from a Major Brazilian Outbreak Suggests that Revision of the Taxonomic Status of Members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-M. abscessus Group Is Needed

(2009) S. C. Leao et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Proportions of Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii Strains among Korean Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus Group Isolates

(2008) H.-Y. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY