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. 2015 Nov;21(11):2093-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid2111.141809.

Mycobacterium sherrisii Pulmonary Disease, Burkina Faso

Emanuele Borroni, Gisèle Badoum, Daniela M Cirillo, Alberto Matteelli, Isidore Moyenga, Martial Ouedraogo, Alberto Roggi, Nuccia Saleri, Elisa Tagliani, Enrico Tortoli

Mycobacterium sherrisii Pulmonary Disease, Burkina Faso

Emanuele Borroni et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: Burkina Faso; MDR-TB; Mycobacterium sherrisii; NTM pulmonary disease; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; nontuberculous mycobacteria; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

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