Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium kansasii isolates in the State of São Paulo between 1995-1998

Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium kansasii isolates in the State of São Paulo between 1995-1998

Mycobacterium kansasii is the most common cause of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria infection and classical identification of this pathogen needs a time consuming phenotypic tests. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment lenght polymorphism analysis (PRA) of the gene enconding for the 65...

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Main Authors: Erica Chimara, Carmen Maria Saraiva Giampaglia, Maria Conceição Martins, Maria Alice da Silva Telles, Suely Yoko Mizuka Ueki, Lucilaine Ferrazoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2004-11-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Mycobacterium kansasii
nontuberculous mycobacteria
hsp65
restriction analysis
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