[Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex: phenotypic and genotypic markers and the molecular basis for interspecies transmission].

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[Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex: phenotypic and genotypic markers and the molecular basis for interspecies transmission].

Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) - 1 Jul 2000

Legrand E, Sola C, Rastogi N

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The Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) comprises a heterogeneous group of slowly-growing mycobacteria that are pathogenic for both humans and animals. Two genetically distinct species within MAC are M. avium, which tends to infect HIV-infected patients, and M. intracellulare more common among immunocompetent individuals. Contrary to M. intracellulare which relates to a single species, M. avium is separated into...

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Animals
DNA, Bacterial
Disease Reservoirs
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Humans
Mycobacterium avium Complex
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
Phenotype

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