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Serology reagents used in tests intended to detect antigens that permit the identification of strains of Mycobacterium avium complex (Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare, based on antigenic specificity), a group of slow-growing bacteria of the family Mycobacteriaceae. These bacteria may cause pulmonary diseases, lymphadenitis in children, and systemic illness in immunocompromised people (e.g., AIDS patients).
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