Direct identification of Mycobacterium haemophilum in skin lesions of immunocompromised patients by PCR-restriction endonuclease analysis.

ABSTRACT: PCR-restriction endonuclease analysis (PRA) was used for direct identification of Mycobacterium haemophilum in clinical specimens from immunocompromised patients. PRA correctly identified M. haemophilum in four smear-positive specimens. Direct identification by PRA takes 2 to 3 working days compared to the 3 to 5 weeks required for culture isolation and identification by conventional methods.

SUBMITTER: Wang SX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC446298 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature