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Tentative evidence of AIDS-associated biotype of Mycobacterium kansasii.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 1994
Tortoli E, Simonetti M T, Lacchini C, Penati V, Urbano P
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies revealed heterogeneous behavior within the species Mycobacterium kansasii against commercially available DNA probes (Accuprobe M. kansasii culture identification test; Gen-Probe); several isolates, conventionally identified as M. kansasii, failed in fact to hybridize. Looking for a possible association with phenotypic features, we tested a fully characterized panel of 69 clinical isolates of M....
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