Heterogeneity and clonality among isolates of Mycobacterium kansasii: Implications for epidemiological and pathogenicity studies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1959-1964

  Alcaide, Fernando ^a,g   Richter, Ingeborg ^b   Bernasconi, Claudia ^a   Springer, Burkhard ^b   Hagenau, Claudia ^c   Schulze Röbbecke, Roland ^d   Tortoli, Enrico ^e   Martín, Rogelio ^f   Böttger, Erik C ^b   Telenti, Amalio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^e Lab di Microbiologia e Virologia   (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^g Institute for Medical Microbiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII;

EID: 0030843650     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.1959-1964.1997     Document Type: Article

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