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Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium avium isolates recovered from clinical samples and from the environment: molecular characterization for diagnostic purposes.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2008
Alvarez Julio, García Ignacio Gómez, Aranaz Alicia, Bezos Javier, Romero Beatriz, de Juan Lucía, Mateos Ana, Gómez-Mampaso Enrique, Domínguez Lucas
Abstract excerpt
Isolation of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) organisms from clinical samples may occur in patients without clinical disease, making the interpretation of results difficult. The clinical relevance of MAC isolates from different types of clinical samples (n = 47) from 39 patients in different sections of a hospital was assessed by comparison with environmental isolates (n = 17) from the hospital. Various methods...
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