LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Genotyping mycobacterium avium has a clinical potential to predict therapeutic responses of the lung infection

T. Kikuchi, Y. Kobashi, A. Watanabe, M. Ichinose (Sendai, Kurashiki, Japan)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Research questions on how viruses affect the respiratory system
Session: Research questions on how viruses affect the respiratory system
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4394
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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