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Genotyping and clarithromycin susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis isolated in Tuscany, Italy.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2018
Genua Flavia, Menichini Melissa, Lari Nicoletta, Rindi Laura
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) is a major cause of nontuberculous mycobacteria infection and the incidence of MAH infections is increasing in many countries. This study aimed at determining the VNTR-based genetic diversity and the susceptibility to clarithromycin of a collection of 71 MAH human strains isolated in the last seven years. The VNTR analysis, revealing 16 unique patterns and 8 clusters...
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