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Molecular Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium abscessus Strains in a Cohort of Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Patients
8 Mar 2012
Abstract excerpt
Forty-one Mycobacterium abscessus complex isolates from 17 pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients were typed using a novel variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) scheme and an automated repetitive-PCR (rep-PCR) system. Both VNTR and rep-PCR typing methods differentiate between members of the M. abscessus complex. The isolates from individual patients are indistinguishable, and the data strongly suggest that...
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