Nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients with suspected tuberculosis and the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium avium in the extreme south of Brazil
J. bras. pneumol; 46 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a heterogeneous group of bacteria that are widely distributed in nature and associated with opportunistic infections in humans. The aims of this study were to identify NTM in patients with suspected tuberculosis who presented positive cultures an...
Proteínas Bacterianas/genética, Técnicas de Tipificación Bacteriana, Brasil, Chaperonina 60/genética, ARN Polimerasas Dirigidas por ADN/genética, Variación Genética, Infecciones por Mycobacterium no Tuberculosas/diagnóstico, Infecciones por Mycobacterium no Tuberculosas/microbiología, Mycobacterium avium/genética, Mycobacterium avium/aislamiento & purificación, Micobacterias no Tuberculosas/aislamiento & purificación