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Molecular characterizations of PCR-positive Mycoplasma pneumoniae specimens collected from Australia and China.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2014
Xue Guanhua, Wang Qinning, Yan Chao, Jeoffreys Neisha, Wang Liqiong, Li Shaoli, Gilbert Gwendolyn L, Sun Hongmei
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In this study, M. pneumoniae strains in PCR-positive specimens collected from patients in Sydney, Australia (30 samples), and Beijing, China (83 samples), were characterized using multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA), P1-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, and sequencing of domain V...
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