Characterization and growth in human macrophages of Mycobacterium avium complex strains isolated from the blood of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

doi:10.1128/iai.58.8.2564-2568.1990

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Characterization and growth in human macrophages of Mycobacterium avium complex strains isolated from the blood of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 1990

Meylan P R, Richman D D, Kornbluth R S

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Strains of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) yield opaque and transparent colonial variants when cultivated in vitro. The transparent variants are more virulent than the opaque for animals, but little is known about the respective roles of these colonial variants in humans. To assess which va...

Topics

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Cell Division
Cells, Cultured
Colony Count, Microbial
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Macrophages
Mycobacterium avium
Phenotype
Sepsis
Virulence

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