Mycobacterium other than tubercle bacilli in various environments in Bangkok.
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1989-06-01
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This research was designed to isolate Mycobacterium other than tubercle bacilli in various environments in the Bangkok area, in 1987. The results were as follows, one hundred samples of soil yielded 1 Mycobacterium gordonae, 2 M. chelonei, 57 M. fortuitum, 1 Nocardia asteroides, one hundred samples of natural water from the Chao Phraya River and the canals of Chao Phraya River yielded 2 M. chelonei, 18 M. fortuitum, 1 N. asteroides and 1 N. brasiliensis, thirty samples of tap water yielded 3 M. gordonae. But thirty samples of water from swimming pools were negative for Mycobacterium.
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Chotmaihet Thangphaet.
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Imwidthaya P, Suthiravitayavaniz K, Phongpanich S. Mycobacterium other than tubercle bacilli in various environments in Bangkok. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. 1989 Jun; 72(6): 317-20