Cross-transmission is not the source of new Mycobacterium abscessus infections in a multi-centre cohort of cystic fibrosis patients
R. M. Doyle, M. Rubio, G. Dixon, J. Hartley, N. Klein, P. Coll, K. A. Harris
This study shows that whole-genome sequencing cannot reliably identify cross-transmission of M. abscessus in CF patients and suggests environmental factors may be more important than direct patient-to-patient spread.
bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2019Microbiology