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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
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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 affecting patients with immunodeficiencies and evaluate the genotypic diversity of MTB complex strains. METHODS: We...
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