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Characterization of Mycobacterium caprae isolates from Europe by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit genotyping.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2005
Prodinger Wolfgang M, Brandstätter Anita, Naumann Ludmila, Pacciarini Maria, Kubica Tanja, Boschiroli Maria Laura, Aranaz Alicia, Nagy György, Cvetnic Zeljko, Ocepek Matjaz, Skrypnyk Artem, Erler Wilfried, Niemann Stefan, Pavlik Ivo, Moser Irmgard
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium caprae, a recently defined member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, causes tuberculosis among animals and, to a limited extent, in humans in several European countries. To characterize M. caprae in comparison with other Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex members and to evaluate genotyping methods for this species, we analyzed 232 M. caprae isolates by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive...
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