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Molecular typing of Mycobacterium intracellulare using multilocus variable-number of tandem-repeat analysis: identification of loci and analysis of clinical isolates.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Feb 2010
Ichikawa Kazuya, Yagi Tetsuya, Inagaki Takayuki, Moriyama Makoto, Nakagawa Taku, Uchiya Kei-Ichi, Nikai Toshiaki, Ogawa Kenji
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In addition to its known status as a disseminated disease in HIV-positive patients, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is increasingly recognized as a causative pathogen of respiratory disease in HIV-negative patients. MAC is divided into Mycobacterium avium, and the less-epidemiologically studied Mycobacterium intracellulare. Genetic typing for M. intracellulare using variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) has...
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