The IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism in particular multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains may evolve too fast for reliable use in outbreak investigation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 788-791

  Alito, Alicia ^a   Morcillo, Nora ^b   Scipioni, Silvia ^b   Dolmann, Alberto ^b   Romano, MARÍA I ^a   Cataldi, Angel ^a   Van Soolingen, Dick ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Zonal de Agudos y Cronicos Dr Antonio A Cetrangolo   (Argentina)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032999818     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.788-791.1999     Document Type: Article

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