Two Mycobacterium fortuitum strains isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Delhi harbour IS6110 homologue

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-110

  Bhanu, N Vijaya ^a,c   Van Soolingen, Dick ^b   Van Embden, Jan D A ^b   Seth, Pradeep ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 1242315418     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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