Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates giving discordant results in AccuProbe tests by PCR-restriction enzyme analysis, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and DT1-DT6 PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2767-2772

  Devallois, A ^a   Picardeau, M ^b   Paramasivan, C N ^c   Vincent, V ^b   Rastogi, N ^a  

^a Unite de la Tuberculose et des Mycobacteries   (Guadeloupe)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 0030869744     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.2767-2772.1997     Document Type: Article

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