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Comparative analysis of the genomes of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis regarding virulence-related genes.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 2017
Jeffrey Brendan, Rose Sasha J, Gilbert Kerrigan, Lewis Matthew, Bermudez Luiz E
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PURPOSE: Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis is a member of the M. avium complex, a heterogeneous group of bacteria that cause lung infection in immunocompetent patients or disseminated infection in patients with immunosuppression. The bacteria belonging to this complex have variable virulence, depending on the strain considered, and therefore a representative of the most common clinical phenotype was...
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