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Genetic characterization of German Mycobacterium avium strains isolated from different hosts and specimens by multilocus sequence typing.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Nov 2014
Kolb Janina, Hillemann Doris, Möbius Petra, Reetz Jochen, Lahiri Annesha, Lewin Astrid, Rüsch-Gerdes Sabine, Richter Elvira
Abstract excerpt
Infections caused by Mycobacterium avium and its subspecies are reported as emerging disease in many countries worldwide. In our study we applied the multilocus sequence typing technology to 98 German M. avium strains originating from different hosts and specimens to examine the degree of the genetic diversity. By MLST, 80% of strains were identified as subspecies 'M. avium hominissuis', and 20% as subspecies M....
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