MICROBIOLOGY WITH DISEASE BY TAXONOMY
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Author: BAUMAN
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Chapter 19, Problem 2SA
Summary Introduction
To explain:
The change in pathogenicity of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare.
Introduction:
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI) is a species of Mycobacterium avium-complex (MAC). It is an infectious microbe that causes a typical “mycobacterial infection”.
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