Genetic diversification of persistent Mycobacterium abscessus within Cystic Fibrosis patients
Astrid Lewin, Elisabeth Kamal, Torsten Semmler, Katja Winter, Sandra Kaiser, Hubert Schäfer, Lei Mao, Patience Ndidi Eschenhagen, Claudia Grehn, Jennifer K. Bender, C. Schwarz
This study tracks genetic diversity of Mycobacterium abscessus in CF patients over time, finding non-clonal evolution and accumulation of mutations in virulence and resistance genes.
Virulence · Sep 21, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics