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Mycobacterium abscessus multispacer sequence typing.
BMC microbiology - 7 Jan 2013
Sassi Mohamed, Ben Kahla Imen, Drancourt Michel
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BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium abscessus group includes antibiotic-resistant, opportunistic mycobacteria that are responsible for sporadic cases and outbreaks of cutaneous, pulmonary and disseminated infections. However, because of their close genetic relationships, accurate discrimination between the various strains of these mycobacteria remains difficult. In this report, we describe the development of a multispacer...
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