Microbiologically identified isolates of Mycobacterium heckeshornense in two patients

Kekkaku

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 603-607

  Kazumi, Yuko ^a   Sugawara, Isamu ^a   Wada, Masako ^a   Kimura, Kiyonobu ^b   Itono, Hideji ^b  

^a FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Iwamizawa Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequence; M.xenopi; Mycobacterium heckeshornense; RpoB gene; Smear positive and culturenegative

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SPUTUM;

AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SPUTUM;

EID: 39049175298     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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