CHARACTERIZATION TO SPECIES LEVEL OF MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM COMPLEX STRAINS FROM HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-POSITIVE AND VIRUS-NEGATIVE PATIENTS

Authors
KYRIAKOPOULOS AM TASSIOS PT MATSIOTABERNARD P MARINIS E TSAOUSIDOU S LEGAKIS NJ
Citation
Am. Kyriakopoulos et al., CHARACTERIZATION TO SPECIES LEVEL OF MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM COMPLEX STRAINS FROM HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-POSITIVE AND VIRUS-NEGATIVE PATIENTS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(11), 1997, pp. 3001-3003
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3001 - 3003
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:11<3001:CTSLOM>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Forty human clinical Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex str ains isolated in Greece were characterized to the species level by PCR with three sets of primers specific for one or both species. M. avium predominated in both human immunodeficiency virus-positive and -negat ive patients, but the frequency of M. intracellulare isolation appeare d to be higher in the latter.