Non Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) in patients with underlying diseases: Results obtained by using polymerase chain reaction-restriction enzyme analysis between 1997-2002

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Ergin, A ^a   Hascelik, G ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium; Non tuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARCINOMA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOMETRY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ADOLESCENT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842485126     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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