In:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 36, No. 10 ( 1998-10), p. 3051-3054
Abstract:
Mycobacterium avium has become a major human pathogen, primarily due to the emergence of the AIDS epidemic. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) typing, using insertion sequence IS 1245 as a probe, provides a powerful tool in the molecular epidemiology of M. avium -related infections and will facilitate well-founded studies into the sources of M. avium infections in animal and environmental reservoirs. The standardization of this technique allows computerization of IS 1245 RFLP patterns for comparison on a local level and the establishment of M. avium DNA fingerprint databases for interlaboratory comparison. Moreover, by combining international DNA typing results of M. avium complex isolates from a broad spectrum of sources, long-lasting questions on the epidemiology of this major agent of mycobacterial infections will be answered.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0095-1137
,
1098-660X
DOI:
10.1128/JCM.36.10.3051-3054.1998
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Society for Microbiology
Publication Date:
1998
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1498353-9
SSG:
12