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Original Research

Molecular Identification, and Characterization of Mycobacterium kansasii Strains Isolated from Four Tuberculosis Regional Reference Laboratories in Iran During 2016–2018

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Pages 2171-2180 | Published online: 07 Jul 2020

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Table 1 Results of M. kansasii Identification by Phenotypic and Genotypic Tests

Table 2 Baseline Characteristics of Patients with M. kansasii-Positive Culture from Respiratory Samples

Table 3 Frequency of M. kansasii Isolates and Subtypes by Characteristic, Symptoms at Presentation and Previous Medical History

Figure 1 Location and geographic distribution of M. kansasii strains during 2016–2018.

Figure 1 Location and geographic distribution of M. kansasii strains during 2016–2018.

Table 4 Restriction Patterns and M. kansasii Sub-Typing by PRA-Hsp65 and rpoB Gene Sequencing

Figure 2 A dendrogram (the maximum likelihood tree generated using the Tamura 3-parameter model in MEGA6 software) illustrating the genetic distances between different M. kansasii types (I–VI), based on the sequencing results of the partial ropB gene.

Figure 2 A dendrogram (the maximum likelihood tree generated using the Tamura 3-parameter model in MEGA6 software) illustrating the genetic distances between different M. kansasii types (I–VI), based on the sequencing results of the partial ropB gene.