title: Analysis of species and intra-species associations between the Mycobacterium abscessus complex strains using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST).
abstract: PFGE and MLST showed that the strains of M. massiliense hsp65 II-1 were clearly separated from the strains of M. massiliense hsp65 I or II-2 as well as the strains of M. abscessus or M. bolletii; thus, M. massiliense hsp6 5II-1 might represent an additional subspecies of M. massiliense.
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Se-Mi
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Na-Ra
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Jik
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Sun
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biomedical Sciences, Liver Research Institute, Cancer Research Institute and Seoul National University Medical Research Center (SNUMRC), Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kbumjoon@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Bum-Joon
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kkingsh@chol.com.
authors.forename: Seong-Han
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing / Q000379:methods*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins
keywords: M. abscessus complex; M. bolletii; M. massiliense; MLST; PFGE