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SUBMITTER: Palmore TN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2681830 | biostudies-other | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of clinical microbiology 20090304 5
Molecular methods are increasingly used to identify pathogens that are difficult to cultivate. We report a case of disseminated infection with "Mycobacterium tilburgii," a proposed species that has never been cultivated. The case illustrates the diagnostic utility of sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene directly from clinical specimens. ...[more]