Article
Molecular analysis of mycobacteria isolated in Mexican patients with different immunodeficiencies in a tertiary care hospital.
Archives of medical research - 1 Oct 2013
Cortés-Torres Nancy, González-Y-Merchand Jorge A, González-Bonilla César, García-Elorriaga Guadalupe
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The prevalence of infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species in patients with immunodeficiencies in Mexico is unknown. The aim of this study was to identify, at the molecular level, the mycobacterial species most frequently...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
- Infant
- Male
- Mexico
- Middle Aged
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tertiary Healthcare