Clinically insignificant Mycobacterium lentiflavum isolation in 30 patients [3];Aislamiento de Mycobacterium lentiflavum sin valor clínico en 30 pacientes

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-200

  Idigoras, Pedro ^a   Beristain, Xabier ^a   Jiménez Pajares, Ma Soledad ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 2142706695     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13058032     Document Type: Letter

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