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Species identification of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus and Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii using rpoB and hsp65, and susceptibility testing to eight antibiotics.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Aug 2014
Nie Wenjuan, Duan Hongfei, Huang Hairong, Lu Yu, Bi Dapeng, Chu Naihui
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OBJECTIVES: To separate Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii from Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus using species identification, and to investigate the in vitro activity of amikacin, cefoxitin, imipenem, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, clarithromycin, azithromycin, and linezolid against Mycobacterium abscessus. METHODS: Seventy M. abscessus isolates, previously identified by 16S rRNA sequencing, were...
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