Affiliation:
1. Tuberculosis Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Madras, India
Abstract
The isolation profiles of environmental mycobacteria present in soil, water, and dust samples, and sputum samples of persons with symptoms of chest infection in the South Indian
Mycobacterium bovis
BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) trial area were compared. Isolates belonging to the
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum
complex were predominant in water, dust, and sputum samples and
Mycobacterium fortuitum
-complex organisms were predominant in soil samples irrespective of the season of the year.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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