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Characterization of Mycobacterium avium complex related mycobacteria isolated from an African environment and patients with AIDS.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Feb 1997
Fonteyne P A, Kunze Z M, De Beenhouwer H, Dumonceau J M, Dawson D J, McFadden J J, Portaels F
Abstract excerpt
Thirteen isolates from African AIDS patients and from the environment in Zaire were identified as members of the Mycobacterium avium complex by phenotypic tests. RFLP analysis showed that the isolates belong to a genetically homogeneous cluster. The 16S rRNA sequence analysis suggests a close relationship with the P-49 strain (ATCC 35847), a reference strain for the serotype 7 of M. avium complex. This work shows...
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