Identification of a contaminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain with a transposition of an IS6110 insertion element resulting in an altered spoligotype

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1092-1096

  Benjamin W H , Jr ^a   Lok, K H ^a   Harris, R ^a   Brook, N ^a   Bond, L ^a   Mulcahy, D ^a   Robinson, N ^a   Pruitt, V ^a   Kirkpatrick, D P ^a   Kimerling, M E ^a   Dunlap, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BRONCHOSCOPES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, INTERGENIC; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035092641     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.37.3.1092-1096.2001     Document Type: Article

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