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[Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Mycobacterium kansasii strains isolated in Spain (2000-2003)].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 May 2005
Jiménez-Pajares María Soledad, Herrera Laura, Valverde Azucena, Saiz Pilar, Sáez-Nieto Juan Antonio
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INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium kansasii is an opportunistic pathogen that mainly causes pulmonary infections. This species accounted for 9.7% of Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis complex identified in the reference laboratory of the Spanish Centro Nacional de Microbiologia during the period of 2000-2003. METHODS: In this study we analyzed the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of 298 M. kansasii strains...
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