Possession of the macrophage- induced gene by isolates of the Mycobacterium avium complex is not associated with significant clinical disease

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-260

  Yoon, Jong Hyun ^a   Kim, Eui Chong ^b   Kim, Jae Seok ^c   Song, Eun Young ^b   Yi, Jongyoun ^d   Shin, Sue ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Aero Technology Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOOTSTRAPPING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG DISEASE; MACROPHAGE INDUCED GENE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NON TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 59949093394     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001958-0     Document Type: Article

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