Article
Biologically distinct subtypes of Mycobacterium avium differ in possession of insertion sequence IS901.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 1992
Kunze Z M, Portaels F, McFadden J J
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium avium causes disease, principally tuberculosis in immunocompromised individuals. It is the most frequent cause of disseminated infections in AIDS patients in the West. The pathogen is also associated with disease in animals, chiefly birds and livestock, and may be isolated from envi...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Probes
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Environmental Microbiology
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycobacterium avium
- Mycobacterium avium Complex
- Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
- Plasmids
- Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
- Serotyping
- Species Specificity
- Virulence