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Isolation of Genetically Distinct Strains Within the Same Species During Treatment of Mycobacterium Avium Complex Pulmonary Disease.
Chest - 1 Mar 2025
Lee Jiwon, Park Su-Jin, Kim Sangmi, Lee Han Na, Sung Heungsup, Shim Tae Sun, Jo Kyung-Wook
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Research on isolating genetically different strains within the same species in patients undergoing treatment for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease (PD) is limited. We investigated the frequency of genetically distinct strains identified within the same species among on-treatment isolates compared with pretreatment isolates throughout the course of MAC-PD treatment. RESEARCH QUESTION:...
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- Humans
- Mycobacterium avium Complex
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Male
- Female
