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[Molecular identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria].
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 1 Sept 2007
Castro Claudia Marcela, Puerto Gloria, García Luz Mary, Orjuela Dora Leticia, Polo Claudia Llerena, Garzón María Consuelo, Ribón Wellman
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Nontuberculous mycobacteria can be saprophytic, pathogenic or opportunistic. The most common diseases produced by these microorganisms are the post-surgical infections due to anesthetic procedures, infections associated with catheters, disseminated cutaneous diseases and pulmonary and central nervous system diseases that especially affect HIV patients. Identification of the nontuberculous...
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