[Serotyping of strains of non-tuberculous mycobacteria].
Forty strains of mycobacteria, belonging to Mycobacterium-avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum complex, isolated from symptomatic respiratory patients, were studied. For such study, agglutination-adsorption technique was applied, using specific antisera elaborated at the "Pedro Kouri" Institute of Tropical Medicine, National Reference Institute, with titers ranging close to 1:320. The results obtained demonstrated that the prevailing types were those of the species Mycobacterium intracellulare (31 strains), prevailing serotypes 9 (Darden), 8 (Davis), 12 (Haweel) and serotype 26 followed by the species M. avium (3 strains) and M. scrofulaceum (2 strains).
Obregón Fuentes
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Valdivia Alvarez
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Ferrá Zalazar
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D003462:Cuba; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000145:classification*; D015359:Mycobacterium scrofulaceum / Q000145:classification*; D012703:Serotyping
Serotipaje de cepas de micobacterias no tuberculosas.