Simultaneous infection with two strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 537-539

  Yeh, R W ^a   Hopewell, P C ^b   Daley, Charles L ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Mixed infection; Molecular epidemiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; RFLP

Indexed keywords

DNA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032973516     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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