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Genetic research about Mycobacterium avium complex.
Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis] - 1 Jan 2013
Ogawa Kenji
Abstract excerpt
We conducted four genetic studies on the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). (1) M. avium genotyping: A total of 70 clinical isolates from patients with pulmonary MAC infections were typed by MATR-VNTR, IS1245-RFLP, and MIRU-VNTR analyses to compare discriminatory powers of these typing methods. To allow a comparison of discriminatory powers, the Hunter-Gaston discriminatory index (HGDI) was calculated, giving a...
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