Molecular comparison of Mycobacterium avium isolates from clinical and environmental sources.
We collected Mycobacterium avium isolates from clinical and drinking-water sources and compared isolates among themselves and to each other using molecular methods. Four clinical isolates were related to water isolates. Groups of indistinguishable clinical isolates were identified. The groups of identical clinical isolates suggest a common source of exposure.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, MD-58 A, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. hilborn.e@epa.gov
Elizabeth D
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Hilborn
Mitchell A
MA
Yakrus
Terry C
TC
Covert
Stephanie I
SI
Harris
Sandra F
SF
Donnelly
Michael T
MT
Schmitt
Sean
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Toney
Stephanie A
SA
Bailey
Gerard N
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Stelma
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D004326:Drinking; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014379:Tuberculosis, Avian / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data