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Diversity of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of Mycobacterium abscessus type 2 clinical isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2011
Matsumoto Cristianne Kayoko, Chimara Erica, Bombarda Sidney, Duarte Rafael Silva, Leão Sylvia Cardoso
Abstract excerpt
An epidemic of infections by rapidly growing mycobacteria related to surgical procedures between 2004 and 2008 in Brazil was caused by a unique strain showing the Mycobacterium abscessus type 2 pattern when it was analyzed by the molecular method of PCR-restriction enzyme analysis of the hsp65 gene (PRA-hsp65). In order to investigate the diversity of M. abscessus type 2 clinical isolates and to assess whether...
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