Stability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns and spoligotypes determined by analyzing serial isolates from patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 409-412

  Niemann, Stefan ^a   Richter, Elvira ^a   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032927421     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.409-412.1999     Document Type: Article

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