Identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from the Central Public Health Laboratory from Mato Grosso do Sul and analysis of clinical relevance Identificação de micobactérias não-tuberculosas do Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública de Mato Grosso de Sul e análise de dados clínicos dos pacientes

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated at the Central Public Health Laboratory from Mato Grosso do Sul in 2003 and 2004 were identified by conventional phenotypic methods (TI) and by PCR-Restriction Enzyme Analysis (PRA) using the hsp65 gene as target (PRA-hsp65). With 15 of the 32 analysed isolates,...

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Main Authors: Paulo Ricardo de Souza Moraes, Erica Chimara, Maria Alice da Silva Telles, Suely Yoko Misuka Ueki, Eunice Atsuko Totumi Cunha, Michael Robin Honer, Sylvia Cardoso Leão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2008-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822008000200013