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Characterization of virulence, colony morphotype and the glycopeptidolipid of Mycobacterium avium strain 104.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jan 2002
Torrelles J B, Ellis D, Osborne T, Hoefer A, Orme I M, Chatterjee D, Brennan P J, Cooper A M
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SETTING: Members of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are responsible for mycobacterial disease in children, the aged and in immunocompromised individuals. The complex consists of different species, serovars and morphologic forms that vary in virulence. One isolate of the MAC is currently being sequenced (MAC 104) and was chosen based on its derivation from an AIDS patient and the fact that it could be...
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