Mycobacterium marinum infections in fish and humans in Israel.
Israeli Mycobacterium marinum isolates from humans and fish were compared by direct sequencing of the 16S rRNA and hsp65 genes, restriction mapping, and amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. Significant molecular differences separated all clinical isolates from the piscine isolates, ruling out the local aquaculture industry as the source of human infections.
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Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd., National Center for Mariculture, Eilat 88112, Israel.
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D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D018833:Chaperonins / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D019910:Mycobacterium marinum / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium; D018833:Chaperonins