Clinical, Radiological, and Microbiological Characteristics of Mycobacterium simiae Infection in 97 Patients
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Mycobacterium habana ' and Mycobacterium simiae
3 Departamento de Gen4tica y Microbiologla, Universidad de Murcia, Facuitad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Aptdo 4021, 30100 Murcia, Spain Fatty and mycolic acids and the pattern of glycolipids were studied in a collection of 34 strains of 'Mycobacterium habana' and in two strains of Mycobacterium simiae. Major glycolipids of these micro-organisms were as...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.00395-18