Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors; Mycobacteroides abscessus complex (MAB), a fast-growing nontuberculous mycobacterium, is emerging as a significant infectious disease threat, due to both intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms to antibiotics and disinfectants and the need for extensive and multidrug regimens for treatment. Despite the prolonged regimens, outcomes are poor and persistence cases have...
The acquisition of equipment for whole-genome sequencing used in this study was funded by the HERA (Human and Environmental Risk Assessment) project (Grant/2021/PHF/23776) supported by the European Commission through the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). This work was also partially funded by the GenomePT project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022184) supported by COMPETE 2020 (Operational Program...