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Emerg Infect Dis
; 8(11): 1350-2, 2002 Nov.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12453369
RESUMEN
We identified an unusual strain of mycobacteria from two patients with pulmonary tuberculosis by its smooth, glossy morphotype and, primarily, its genotypic characteristics. Spoligotyping and restriction fragment length polymorphism typing were carried out with the insertion sequence IS6110 patterns. All known cases of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium canetti have been contracted in the Horn of Africa.