Re-analysis of 178 previously unidentifiable Mycobacterium isolates in the Netherlands in 1999-2007

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1470-1474

  Van Ingen, J ^a,b   De Zwaan, R ^b   Enaimi, M ^b   Richard Dekhuijzen, P N ^a   Boeree, M J ^a   Van Soolingen, D ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16SrRNA; Identification; Mycobacteria; Nontuberculcus mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTERJECTUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 77956104970     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03123.x     Document Type: Article

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