Characterization of mycobacterial isolates phylogenetically related to, but different from, Mycobacterium simiae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 697-702

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a   Piersimoni, Claudio ^b   Kirschner, Philip ^c   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^d   Burrini, Claudio ^e   Lacchini, Carla ^f   Mantella, Antonia ^d   Muzzi, Guido ^b   Tosi, Cristiana Passerini ^g   Penati, Valeria ^f   Scarparo, Claudio ^h   Simonetti, M Tullia ^a   Böttger, Eric C ^c  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^c School of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e Institute for Clinical Researches   (Italy)

^f Tuberculosis Laboratory   (Italy)

^g United Hospitals   (Italy)

^h SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; SIMIAE;

EID: 0031044377     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.3.697-702.1997     Document Type: Article

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