Efficient differentiation of Mycobacterium abscessus complex isolates to the species level by a novel PCR-based variable-number tandem-repeat assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1107-1109

  Choi, Go Eun ^a   Chang, Chulhun L ^a,b   Whang, Jake ^c   Kim, Hwa Jung ^c   Kwon, O Jung ^d   Koh, Won Jung ^d   Shin, Sung Jae ^c  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS;

EID: 79952339073     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02318-10     Document Type: Article

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