Differences in antimicrobial susceptibility of pigmented and unpigmented colonial variants of Mycobacterium avium.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on November 01, 1989

Authors

R S Stormer1, J O Falkinham

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.

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