Demonstration of cord formation by rough Mycobacterium abscessus variants: Implications for the clinical microbiology laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2293-2295

  Sánchez Chardi, Alejandro ^a   Olivares, Francesc ^a   Byrd, Thomas F ^b,c   Julián, Esther ^a   Brambilla, Cecilia ^a   Luquin, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE BSTEII; ENDONUCLEASE HAEIII; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPEPTIDOLIPID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GRANULOMA; LIEAL GRANULOMA; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROSCOPIC CORD; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79957529850     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02322-10     Document Type: Article

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