| [geographic distribution of mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex serovars isolated from patients in five cities of japan]. | mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (mac), isolated from patients with mac infection in five cities in japan, was classified into m. avium and m. intracellulare by dna-dna hybridization assay (ddh). they were also classified into serovars by seroagglutination test and thin-layer chromatography (tlc) detecting serovar-specific antigens. the ratios of m. avium: intracellulare isolated in sendai, maebashi, kobe, hamamatsu, and kumamoto, were 100:0, 26:16, 37:12, 37:39, and 17:54, respectivel ... | 2000 | 10695297 |