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Abstract

We report what we believe to be the first clinical isolation of from a pneumonia patient co-infected with . strains were found in both a patient's sputum and the water of a hot spring in which the patient bathed, and DNA analysis by PFGE showed that they were indistinguishable.

Keyword(s): CAM, clarithromycin
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2010-10-01
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