Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates from Blood Samples of AIDS Patients by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Open Access
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (1) , 498-499
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.1.498-499.2003
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.Keywords
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