Comparative evaluation of ligation-mediated PCR and spoligotyping as screening methods for genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3118-3123

  Bonora, Stefano ^a,c   Gutierrez, M Cristina ^b   Di Perri, Giovanni ^a   Brunello, Francesca ^a   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^a   Ligozzi, Marco ^a   Fontana, Roberta ^a   Concia, Ercole ^a   Vincent, Veronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING TEST;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032831051     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3118-3123.1999     Document Type: Article

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