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Identification of virulence determinants of Mycobacterium avium that impact on the ability to resist host killing mechanisms.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2010
Li Yong-Jun, Danelishvili Lia, Wagner Dirk, Petrofsky Mary, Bermudez Luiz E
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Mycobacterium avium is an opportunistic pathogen associated with pulmonary disease in non-AIDS patients and disseminated infection in patients with AIDS. The chief route of infection is by colonization and invasion of the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract, but infection through the respiratory route also occurs. After crossing the mucosa, M. avium infects and replicates within tissue macrophages. To identify...
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