Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates belonging to katG gyrA group 2 are associated with clustered cases of tuberculosis in Italian patients

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-159

  Dolzani, L ^a   Rosato, M ^a   Sartori, B ^a   Banfi, E ^a   Lagatolla, C ^a   Predominato, M ^b   Fabris, C ^b   Tonin, E ^a   Gombac, F ^a   Monti Bragadin, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; KATG PROTEIN; KATG PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN G; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GYRA GENE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; KATG GYRA GENE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPOSON; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA GYRASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 10744220846     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05471-0     Document Type: Article

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