This research was funded by MINAS GERAIS STATE RESEARCH SUPPORT FOUNDATION (FAPEMIG), grants numbers 65/10 and CDS-APQ-03266-13, and by NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (CNPQ) grants numbers 310174/2014-7 and 446796/2014-0.; Federal University of Minas Gerais. Faculty of Medicine. Mycobacteria Research Laboratory. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Federal University of Minas Gerais. Facu...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:36:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-04-01; Objectives: To define the genetic basis of clarithromycin resistance among isolates of the Mycobacterium abscessus group (MAG). Methods: We analysed 133 isolates identified as MAG. Species identification was confirmed by sequencing the rpoB gene. Clarithromycin susceptibility testing was performed accor...
Foundation for Research Support of the State of SaoPaulo (FAPESP ? 06/1533-9) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq ? Universal 470594/2006-3 and 475238/2008-7).; Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo. Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo. Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. S...
Novas metodologias têm sido desenvolvidas para a identificação de Nocardia spp. mas o diagnóstico inicial ainda necessita de método rápido e preciso, principalmente devido à similaridade com o gênero Mycobacterium, clínica e bacteriologicamente. O crescimento em meio de Löwenstein Jensen (LJ), a presença de bacilos corados pela coloração de Ziehl Neelsen e colônias com características diferentes podem ser fator...