PCR comparison of Mycobacterium avium isolates obtained from patients and foods

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2650-2653

  Yoder, S ^a,b,d   Argueta, C ^a,b   Holtzman, A ^a   Aronson, T ^a   Berlin, O G W ^a   Tomasek, P ^b   Glover, N ^a   Froman, S ^a   Stelma Jr , G ^c  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033050276     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2650-2653.1999     Document Type: Article

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