Phenotypic and genotypic variant of MDR-Mycobacterium tuberculosis multiple isolates in the same tuberculosis episode, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Phenotypic and genotypic variant of MDR-Mycobacterium tuberculosis multiple isolates in the same tuberculosis episode, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Assuming that the IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) changes at a constant rate of 3.2 years, this methodology was applied to demonstrate, for the first time, variant patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in multiple isolates obtained at short time intervals from sputum an...

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Main Authors: M.K.N. Andrade, S.M.A. Machado, M.L. Leite, M.H.F. Saad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2009-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
TB-MDR
TB-RFLP
Gene mutation
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