Comparison of large restriction fragments of Mycobacterium avium isolates recovered from AIDS and non-AIDS patients with those of isolates from potable water

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1008-1012

  Aronson, T ^a   Holtzman, A ^a   Glover, N ^a   Boian, M ^a   Froman, S ^a   Berlin, O G W ^a   Hill, H ^a   Stelma Jr , G ^b  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032993378     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1008-1012.1999     Document Type: Article

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