Multistate US Outbreak of Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections Associated with Medical Tourism to the Dominican Republic, 2013-2014(1).

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Published in Emerg Infect Dis on August 01, 2016

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David Schnabel, Douglas H Esposito, Joanna Gaines, Alison Ridpath, M Anita Barry, Katherine A Feldman, Jocelyn Mullins, Rachel Burns, Nina Ahmad, Edith N Nyangoma, Duc B Nguyen, Joseph F Perz, Heather A Moulton-Meissner, Bette J Jensen, Ying Lin, Leah Posivak-Khouly, Nisha Jani, Oliver W Morgan, Gary W Brunette, P Scott Pritchard, Adena H Greenbaum, Susan M Rhee, David Blythe, Mark Sotir, RGM Outbreak Investigation Team

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