title: Analysis of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates from blood samples of AIDS patients by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
abstract: A molecular analysis of the first Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) blood isolates from 177 patients from 10 Canadian cities revealed that each cluster of indistinguishable strains consisted of isolates from epidemiologically unrelated patients in the same city or region. This study supports the premise that acquisition of MAC from a common environmental source occasionally occurs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dennis.Kunimoto@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kunimoto
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Peppler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Shafran
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000382:microbiology*