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Mycobacterium microti : More Widespread than Previously Thought
1 Sept 1998
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium microti typically causes disease in voles, wood mice, and shrews (6). Only rarely has this bacterium been isolated from other animals, among which are a llama, cats, pigs, a rock hyrax, and a ferret (2, 4, 5). Recently,M. microti isolates from different sources were characterized by using novel genetic markers (5), and this study for the first time disclosed four cases of M. microti infections in...
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