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Genetic diversity among strains of Mycobacterium avium causing monoclonal and polyclonal bacteremia in patients with AIDS.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 1993
Arbeit R D, Slutsky A, Barber T W, Maslow J N, Niemczyk S, Falkinham J O, O'Connor G T, von Reyn C F
Abstract excerpt
To define the genetic diversity among Mycobacterium avium isolates from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, specimens were cultured prospectively, and isolates obtained from 14 patients (4 with positive blood, stool, and sputum; 6 with positive blood and stool; 3 with positive blood only; and 1 with positive stool only) were studied. Both serotyping and ribotyping had limited ability to discriminate...
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