Mycobacterium gordonae: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

tap water bacillus, tap water isolate, tap water bacteremia, nontuberculous mycobacteria, mycobacteria, non-tuberculous mycobacteria

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Klaus-Dieter Lessnau, MD, FCCP, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Medical Director, Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory; Director of Research in Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital
Klaus-Dieter Lessnau, MD, FCCP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, American Thoracic Society, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Society of Critical Care Medicine
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Cynthia de Luise, PhD, MPH, Director, Epidemiology, Pfizer, Inc
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Thomas Herchline, MD, Professor of Medicine, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine; Medical Director, Public Health, Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio
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