title: Characterization to species level of Mycobacterium avium complex strains from human immunodeficiency virus-positive and -negative patients.
abstract: Forty human clinical Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex strains isolated in Greece were characterized to the species level by PCR with three sets of primers specific for one or both species. M. avium predominated in both human immunodeficiency virus-positive and -negative patients, but the frequency of M. intracellulare isolation appeared to be higher in the latter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kyriakopoulos
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Tassios
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matsiota-Bernard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marinis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsaousidou
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Legakis
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D017931:DNA Primers; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D006115:Greece; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers