title: Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare from patients with and without AIDS compared by pyrolysis mass spectrometry.
abstract: Isolates of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAI) from AIDS and non-AIDS patients were compared by pyrolysis mass spectrometry (PyMS). Those from AIDS patients were more closely related to each other than those from non-AIDS patients which were significantly more disparate.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Sisson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Magee
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heatherington
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Lightfoot
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications