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Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates recovered from southern California.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2007
Pfaller Stacy L, Aronson Timothy W, Holtzman Alan E, Covert Terry C
Abstract excerpt
Fine-scale genotyping methods are necessary in order to identify possible sources of human exposure to opportunistic pathogens belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). In this study, amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis was evaluated for fingerprinting 159 patient and environmental MAC isolates from southern California. AFLP analysis accurately identified strains belonging to M. avium...
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