Plasmid profiles of mycobacterium avium/intracellulare isolated from patients with AIDS or cervical lymphadenitis and from environmental samples

Scand J Infect Dis. 1989;21(6):645-9. doi: 10.3109/00365548909021692.

Abstract

Plasmid profile analysis was performed on Mycobacterium avium/M. intracellulare isolates from patients with AIDS, from children with cervical lymphadenitis, and from environmental sources. The frequency of plasmid-containing strains was found to be, respectively, 5/16 (31%), 4/15 (27%) and 1/15 (7%). The data indicate that plasmids occur more frequently among clinical isolates than among environmental isolates, and support a possible pathogenic role of the plasmids.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / genetics
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / microbiology*
  • Cervix Uteri / microbiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphadenitis / genetics
  • Lymphadenitis / microbiology*
  • Mycobacterium avium Complex / genetics*
  • Plasmids*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial