Genetic similarity among Mycobacterium avium isolates from blood, stool, and sputum of persons with AIDS

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 976-983

  Mazurek, Gerald H ^a   Chin, Daniel P ^d   Hartman, Sandra ^b   Reddy, Venkat ^c   Horsburgh Jr , C Robert ^d   Green, Timothy A ^d   Yajko, David M ^d   Hopewell, Philip C ^d   Reingold, Arthur L ^d   Crawford, Jack T ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 16944363734     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516509     Document Type: Article

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