Most Human Isolates of Mycobacterium avium Mav-A and Mav-B Are Strong Producers of Hemolysin, a Putative Virulence Factor

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5738-5740

  Rindi, Laura ^a   Bonanni, Daniela ^a   Lari, Nicoletta ^a   Garzelli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0347479380     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5738-5740.2003     Document Type: Article

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