Tropical Australia is a potential reservoir of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in cystic fibrosis

Eur Respir J. 2017 May 11;49(5):1700046. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00046-2017. Print 2017 May.

Laura J Sherrard^{1

2}, George T Tay^{3

2}, Claire A Butler³, Michelle E Wood^{4

3

5}, Stephanie Yerkovich⁵, Kay A Ramsay^{4

5}, David W Reid^{3

6}, Vanessa L Moore³, Timothy J Kidd^{7

8}, Scott C Bell^{4

3

5}

¹ Lung Bacteria Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia lsherrard03@qub.ac.uk.
² These authors contributed equally to this article.
³ Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
⁴ Lung Bacteria Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
⁵ School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
⁶ Lung Inflammation and Infection Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
⁷ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
⁸ Centre for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.

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