Mycobacterium alsiense, a novel, slowly growing species isolated from two patients with pulmonary disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3837-3839

  Richter, Elvira ^a   Tortoli, Enrico ^b   Fischer, Arno ^c   Hendricks, Oliver ^d   Engel, Regina ^a   Hillemann, Doris ^a   Schubert, Sabine ^c   Kristiansen, Jette E ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DENMARK; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ALSIENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI;

EID: 36349011450     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01097-07     Document Type: Article

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