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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Ecology and Impact on Animal and Human Health

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dc.creator Pavlik, Ivo
dc.creator Ulmann, Vit
dc.creator Falkinham, Joseph O.
dc.date 2022-08-11T13:24:00Z
dc.date 2022-08-11T13:24:00Z
dc.date 2022-07-27
dc.date 2022-08-11T11:49:47Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:54:26Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:54:26Z
dc.identifier Pavlik, I.; Ulmann, V.; Falkinham, J.O., III. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Ecology and Impact on Animal and Human Health. Microorganisms 2022, 10, 1516.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/111505
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10081516
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/281830
dc.description Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) represent an important group of environmentally saprophytic and potentially pathogenic bacteria that can cause serious mycobacterioses in humans and animals. The sources of infections often remain undetected except for soil- or water-borne, water-washed, water-based, or water-related infections caused by groups of the <i>Mycobacterium (M.) avium</i> complex; <i>M. fortuitum;</i> and other NTM species, including <i>M. marinum</i> infection, known as fish tank granuloma, and <i>M. ulcerans</i> infection, which is described as a Buruli ulcer. NTM could be considered as water-borne, air-borne, and soil-borne pathogens (sapronoses). A lot of clinically relevant NTM species could be considered due to the enormity of published data on permanent, periodic, transient, and incidental sapronoses. Interest is currently increasing in mycobacterioses diagnosed in humans and husbandry animals (esp. pigs) caused by NTM species present in peat bogs, potting soil, garden peat, bat and bird guano, and other matrices used as garden fertilizers. NTM are present in dust particles and in water aerosols, which represent certain factors during aerogenous infection in immunosuppressed host organisms during hospitalization, speleotherapy, and leisure activities. For this Special Issue, a collection of articles providing a current view of the research on NTM&mdash;including the clinical relevance, therapy, prevention of mycobacterioses, epidemiology, and ecology&mdash;are addressed.
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dc.title Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Ecology and Impact on Animal and Human Health
dc.title Microorganisms
dc.type Article - Refereed
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