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Genetic diversity of clinical Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis and Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates causing pulmonary diseases recovered from different geographical regions.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2015
Ichikawa Kazuya, van Ingen Jakko, Koh Won-Jung, Wagner Dirk, Salfinger Max, Inagaki Takayuki, Uchiya Kei-Ichi, Nakagawa Taku, Ogawa Kenji, Yamada Kiyofumi, Yagi Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections are increasing annually in many countries. MAC strains are the most common nontuberculous mycobacterial pathogens isolated from respiratory samples and predominantly consist of two species, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare. The aim of this study was to analyze the molecular epidemiology and genetic backgrounds of clinical MAC isolates collected from...
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