Typing of Mycobacterium avium isolates by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 389-392

  Picardeau, Mathieu ^a   Vincent, Véronique ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 0030064826     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.389-392.1996     Document Type: Article

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