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Molecular Analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii Isolates from the United States
1 Jan 2004
Abstract excerpt
We studied the population genetics of Mycobacterium kansasii isolates from the United States by PCR restriction enzyme analysis (PRA) of the 441-bp Telenti fragment of the hsp-65 gene and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of genomic DNA with the restriction endonucleases AseI, DraI, and XbaI, and we compared the patterns to those previously reported from France and Japan. By PRA, 78 of 81 clinical isolates...
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