First insight into the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2467-2473

  Al Hajoj, Sahal A M ^a   Zozio, Thierry ^a   Al Rabiah, Fahad ^b   Mohammad, Viquar ^a   Al Nasser, Maryam ^a   Sola, Christophe ^a,d   Rastogi, Nalin ^a,c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Unite de la Tuberculose et des Mycobacteries   (Guadeloupe)

^c Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLADISTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SPOLIGOTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLI (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548102730     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02293-06     Document Type: Article

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