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Characterization of a novel variant of Mycobacterium chimaera.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2012
van Ingen J, Hoefsloot W, Buijtels P C A M, Tortoli E, Supply P, Dekhuijzen P N R, Boeree M J, van Soolingen D
Abstract excerpt
In this study, nonchromogenic mycobacteria were isolated from pulmonary samples of three patients in the Netherlands. All isolates had identical, unique 16S rRNA gene and 16S-23S ITS sequences, which were closely related to those of Mycobacterium chimaera and Mycobacterium marseillense. The biochemical features of the isolates differed slightly from those of M. chimaera, suggesting that the isolates may represent...
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