Bacteriology
M. intracellulare infects women increasingly beyond menopause
Published in Cancer Weekly, November 15th, 2005
According to recent research from the United States, "The clinical significance and prevalence of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare were analyzed in a cohort of 7,472 patients who, from 1999 to 2003, sought care at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and had cultures performed for mycobacteria."
X. Y. Han and colleagues described their study: "Patients were stratified for age, sex, and underlying diseases, and bacteria were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. M. avium was...
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