Species identification of neglected nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a developing country

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-271

  Shojaei, Hasan ^a   Heidarieh, Parvin ^b   Hashemi, Abodolrazagh ^c   Feizabadi, Mohamad Mehdi ^b   Naser, Abass Daei ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AUSTROAFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CONCEPTIONENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM ELEPHANTIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MONACENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARASCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM PORCINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM THERMORESISTIBILE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAPERONIN 60; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960997711     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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