Mycobacterium kansasii, species or complex? Biomolecular and epidemiological insights

Kekkaku

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 705-709

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Mycobacterium kansasii; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA PROBE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII;

EID: 0344665455     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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