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. 1998 Jun;36(6):1733–1736. doi: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1733-1736.1998

TABLE 1.

P. brasiliensis strains used in this study

Strain (ATCCa designation) Original designation  Year of  isolation Region and country of isolation Localization or type of lesions in patients
Pb73 (ATCC 32071) C81b ca. 1970 Antioquia, Colombia Unknown
Pb9 (ATCC 36324) 7193c ca. 1960 Caracas, Venezuela Lymph nodes and mucocutaneous lesionsd
Pb9RIe Pb9 1997 Caracas, Venezuela
Pb9RIIf Pb9 1997 Caracas, Venezuela
Pb300 T1g,h 1971 Miranda, Venezuela
Pb301 T2g,h 1972 Miranda, Venezuela
Pb302 6688g 1979 Barinas, Venezuela Skin, lung
Pb303 7861g 1980 Caracas, Venezuela Skin
Pb304 5598g 1988 Barinas, Venezuela Skin, mucosa
Pb305 6182g 1988 Caracas, Venezuela Mouth, lung
Pb306 7775g 1991 Trujillo, Venezuela Mouth, lung
Pb307 7987g 1991 Guaira, Venezuela Mouth, lung, skin
Pb308 9806g 1994 Miranda, Venezuela Mouth, lung
Pb309 0172g 1994 Miranda, Venezuela Mouth, lung
Pb312 31189b 1994 Antioquia, Colombia Mouth, lung
Pb316 32243b 1994 Antioquia, Colombia Lung
Pb317 29362b 1993 Antioquia, Colombia Mouth
Pb320 Pb696i 1992 Entre Rios, Argentina Bone (6-year-old child)
Pb321 118975i 1996 Formosa, Argentina Lung
Pb322 Pb-TUi  Unknown Talavera, Argentina Uterine neck
Pb324 Pb-Romeroi 1992 Argentina Larynx
Pb325 Pb-Ayalai 1988 Argentina Unknown
Pb326 Pb18j ca. 1929 Sao Paulo, Brazil Unknownk
Pb327 BATj ca. 1990 Riberao Preto, Brazil Unknown
Pb328 FPj ca. 1990 Goiania, Brazil Unknown
Pb329 SSj ca. 1990 Goiania, Brazil Unknown
Pb331 311RMj ca. 1990 Sao Paulo, Brazil Unknown
Pb336 622265j ca. 1990 Argentina Bone marrow (child)
Pb338 Bt01j ca. 1990 Botucatu, Brazil Chronic
Pb341 38RMj ca. 1990 Sao Paulo, Brazil Chronic
Pb342 259RMj ca. 1990 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Chronic
Pb346 38550j ca. 1990 Niteroi, Brazil Chronic
Pb332 4294j 1996 Lima, Peru Unknown
Pb333 15959j 1996 Lima, Peru Subcutaneous abscess
Pb334 18749j 1996 Lima, Peru Ganglion
a

ATCC, American Type Culture Collection. 

b

Provided by Angela Restrepo, Medellín, Colombia. 

c

Provided by L. Pollak, Instituto Nacional Antituberculoso, Caracas, Venezuela. 

d

See reference 3 for more details. 

e

Obtained from passage of strain Pb9 in mice. See reference 15 for more details. 

f

Obtained from the second passage of strain Pb9RI in mice. See reference 15 for more details. 

g

Provided by M. B. Albornoz, Instituto de Biomedicina, Caracas, Venezuela. 

h

The strain was isolated from soil. See reference 1 for more details. 

i

Provided by Ricardo Negroni and Cristina Iovannitti, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

j

Provided by Zoilo Pires de Camargo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

k

See reference 8 for more details.