Molecular epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria

Future Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1009-1020

  Behr, Marcel A ^a   Falkinham III, Joseph O ^b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacteria; Typing

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEROTYPING;

AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 70449432891     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.75     Document Type: Review

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