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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
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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.
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