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Mycobacterium noviomagense sp. nov.; clinical relevance evaluated in 17 patients.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Apr 2009
van Ingen Jakko, Boeree Martin J, de Lange Wiel C M, de Haas Petra E W, van der Zanden Adri G M, Mijs Wouter, Rigouts Leen, Dekhuijzen P N Richard, van Soolingen Dick
Abstract excerpt
Eighteen isolates of a nonchromogenic, slowly growing, non-tuberculous species of the genus Mycobacterium were cultured from respiratory specimens obtained over the last eight years from 17 patients in the Netherlands. These isolates were grouped because they revealed a unique 16S rRNA gene sequence and were related to Mycobacterium xenopi. None of the 17 patients met the American Thoracic Society diagnostic...
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