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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 498-499, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.498-499.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates from Blood Samples of AIDS Patients by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

D. Y. Kunimoto,1* M. S. Peppler,2 J. Talbot,2 P. Phillips,3 S. D. Shafran,1 and Canadian HIV Trials Network Protocol 010 Study Group

Department of Medicine,1 Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta,2 AIDS Program and Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada3

Received 7 February 2002/ Returned for modification 19 June 2002/ Accepted 13 October 2002

A molecular analysis of the first Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) blood isolates from 177 patients from 10 Canadian cities revealed that each cluster of indistinguishable strains consisted of isolates from epidemiologically unrelated patients in the same city or region. This study supports the premise that acquisition of MAC from a common environmental source occasionally occurs.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Alberta Hospitals, Department of Medicine, 2F1 WMC, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7. Phone: 780-407-1418. Fax: 780-407-8256. Email: Dennis.Kunimoto{at}ualberta.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 498-499, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.498-499.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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