Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in Houston, Texas, by spoligotyping

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 669-676

  Soini, Hanna ^a   Pan, Xi ^a   Amin, Amol ^a   Graviss, Edward A ^a   Siddiqui, Anees ^a   Musser, James M ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CATALASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PEROXIDASE; SPACER DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 0033950468     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.669-676.2000     Document Type: Article

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