| [identification of mycobacterium avium and mycobacterium intracellulare using dna probe test, and their ratio in niigata area]. | using gen-probe test, both the mycobacterium avium and mycobacterium intracellulare strains were identified in the 76 disease-associated mycobacterium-avium complex (mac) strains isolated in the niigata area. the following results were obtained: 1) fifty-four mac strains (71.1%) reacted with m. avium-probe and 22 strains (28.9%) reacted with m. intracellulare-probe. 2) there were no significant differences between the ratio of two strains before and after 1991. 3) the ratio of female cases with ... | 1994 | 7844935 |