Difference in virulence of Mycobacterium avium isolates sharing indistinguishable DNA fingerprint determined in murine model of lung infection.

Difference in virulence of Mycobacterium avium isolates sharing indistinguishable DNA fingerprint determined in murine model of lung infection.

BACKGROUND: Opportunistic Mycobacterium avium typically causes disease in immunocompromised patients and in some groups of apparently healthy individuals. The high virulence of some bacterial lineages increases the disease risk. High-resolution molecular genotyping studies of M. avium clinical isola...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Pinheiro Amaral, Thereza Liberman Kipnis, Eulógio Carlos Queiróz de Carvalho, Wilmar Dias da Silva, Sylvia Cardoso Leão, Elena B Lasunskaia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3125297?pdf=render

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