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Mycobacterium xenopi Genotype Associated with Clinical Phenotype in Lung Disease.
Lung - 1 Apr 2018
Hirama Takashi, Marchand-Austin Alex, Ma Jennifer, Alexander David C, Brode Sarah K, Marras Theodore K, Jamieson Frances B
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium xenopi is responsible for pulmonary disease (PD) in Europe and Canada. Despite its high prevalence and increasing clinical importance, little is known about the genetic diversity of M. xenopi. Through a prospective study for M. xenopi strain type and the relation to clinical phenotype, 39 patients with M. xenopi PD were analyzed. Our study demonstrated that sequence type (ST) 5 was dominant in...
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