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Preliminary characterization of a Mycobacterium abscessus mutant in human and murine models of infection.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 1999
Byrd T F, Lyons C R
Abstract excerpt
The ability to persist in the host after the establishment of infection is an important virulence determinant for mycobacteria. Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing mycobacterial species which causes a variety of clinical syndromes in humans. We have obtained a rough, wild-type human clinical isolate of M. abscessus (M. abscessus-R) and a smooth, attenuated mutant (M. abscessus-S) which spontaneously...
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