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Molecular typing of Mycobacterium Abscessus isolated from cystic fibrosis patients.
International journal of mycobacteriology - 1 Jan 2000
Trovato Alberto, Baldan Rossella, Costa Danila, Simonetti Tullia M, Cirillo Daniela M, Tortoli Enrico
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BACKGROUND: The possibility of inter-human transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus in cystic fibrosis centres has been recently hypothesized suggesting the need for the molecular characterization of strains isolated from such patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and forty one isolates of M. abscessus grown from sputum samples of 29 patients with cystic fibrosis were genotyped resorting to variable number...
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