Species and genotypic diversity of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from children investigated for pulmonary tuberculosis in rural Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Asiimwe, Benon B ^a,b   Bagyenzi, Godwins B ^a   Ssengooba, Willy ^a   Mumbowa, Francis ^a   Mboowa, Gerald ^a   Wajja, Anne ^a   Mayanja Kiiza, Harriet ^a   Musoke, Philippa M ^a   Wobudeya, Eric ^a   Kallenius, Gunilla ^b   Joloba, Moses L ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BCG VACCINE; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC JUICE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA;

EID: 84873938468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-88     Document Type: Article

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