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Clinical significance of mycobacterial genotyping in Mycobacterium avium lung disease in Korea.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Oct 2012
Kim S-Y, Lee S-T, Jeong B-H, Jeon K, Kim J-W, Shin S J, Koh W-J
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SETTING: A recent study in Japan found that mycobacterial genotyping was associated with disease progression and susceptibility to certain drugs in Mycobacterium avium lung disease. However, it is not known whether this association is true in other populations. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between mycobacterial genotype, clinical characteristics and the progression of M. avium lung disease in Korean...
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