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Table 2 The table illustrates the clinical site from which the human isolates of Mycobacterium avium were isolated.

From: New probes used for IS1245 and IS1311 restriction fragment length polymorphism of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium and Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis isolates of human and animal origin in Norway

Isolation site

Isolate number

Expectorate or lungs

H1, H5, H6, H9, H10, H12, H15, H18, H361, H371, H381, H391, H47

Head lymph nodes

H3, H4, H7, H8, H13, H19, H20, H21, H22, H23, H24, H25, H26, H27, H281, H29

Abscess

H17

Blood culture

H2, H412

Unknown site

H301, H311,2, H331,2, H341,2, H351,2

  1. Isolates from immunocompromised patients are marked with 1 and HIV positive with 2. Immune status for patients is unknown for isolate H1-H19 and H47.
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BMC Microbiology

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