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Rapid identification of strains belonging to the Mycobacterium abscessus group through erm(41) gene pyrosequencing.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jul 2014
Yoshida Shiomi, Tsuyuguchi Kazunari, Suzuki Katsuhiro, Tomita Motohisa, Okada Masaji, Shimada Ryoko, Hayashi Seiji
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Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliense lung infections have different clarithromycin susceptibilities, making proper identification important; however, standard multi-gene sequencing in clinical laboratories is laborious and time consuming. We developed a pyrosequencing-based method for rapid identification of strains belonging to the M. abscessus group by targeting erm(41). We examined 55 isolates...
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