Article
Computer-assisted analysis of Mycobacterium avium fingerprints using insertion elements IS1245 and IS1311 in a Caribbean setting.
Research in microbiology - 1 Nov 1997
Devallois A, Rastogi N
Abstract excerpt
A total of 33 clinical isolates of the Mycobacterium avium complex from 25 patients, identified by means of biochemical and cultural characteristics, the Accuprobe system and DT1/DT6 PCR, were further analysed using novel insertion elements IS1245 and IS1311 in a French Caribbean setting. PvuII-c...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Blotting, Southern
- Computers
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mycobacterium avium Complex
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
