Multiplex Amplified Nominal Tandem-Repeat Analysis (MANTRA), a rapid method for genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis by use of multiplex PCR and a microfluidic laboratory chip

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3758-3761

  Merritt, Adam J ^a   Keehner, Terillee ^a   O'Reilly, Lyn C ^a   McInnes, Russell L ^b   Inglis, Timothy J J ^a,c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX AMPLIFIED NOMINAL TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77957794424     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00471-10     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Allix-Béguec, C., D. Harmsen, T. Weniger, P. Supply, and S. Niemann. 2008. Evaluation and strategy for use of MIRU-VNTR plus, a multifunctional database for online analysis of genotyping data and phylogenetic identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46:2692-2699.
2. Comas, I., S. Homolka, S. Niemann, and S. Gagneux. 2009. Genotyping of genetically monomorphic bacteria: DNA sequencing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis highlights the limitations of current methodologies. PLoS One 4:e7815.
3. Cooksey, R. C., J. Limor, G. P. Morlock, and J. T. Crawford. 2003. Identifying Mycobacterium species and strain typing using a microfluidic labchip instrument. Biotechniques 35:786-794.
4. Cowan, L. S., L. Mosher, L. Diem, J. P. Massey, and J. T. Crawford. 2002. Variable-number tandem repeat typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with low copy numbers of IS6110 by using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40:1592-1602.
5. Francois, P., A. Huyghe, Y. Charbonnier, M. Bento, S. Herzig, I. Topolski, B. Fleury, D. Lew, P. Vaudaux, S. Harbarth, W. van Leeuwen, A. van Belkum, D. S. Blanc, D. Pittet, and J. Schrenzel. 2005. Use of an automated multiple-locus, variable-number tandem repeat-based method for rapid and high-throughput genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus isolates. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43:3346-3355.
6. Francois, P., A. Hochmann, A. Huyghe, E. J. Bonetti, G. Renzi, S. Harbarth, C. Klingenberg, D. Pittet, and J. Schrenzel. 2008. Rapid and high-throughput genotyping of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates by automated multilocus variable-number of tandem repeats: a tool for real-time epidemiology. J. Microbiol. Methods 72:296-305.
7. Frothingham, R., and W. A. Meeker-O'Connell. 1998. Genetic diversity in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex based on variable numbers of tandem DNA repeats. Microbiology 144:1189-1196.
8. Inglis, T. J., A. Merritt, J. Montgomery, I. Jayasinghe, V. Thevanesam, and R. McInnes. 2008. Deployable laboratory response to emergence of melioidosis in central Sri Lanka. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46:3479-3481.
9. Sajduda, A., J. Dziadek, R. Kotłowski, and F. Portaels. 2006. Evaluation of multiple genetic markers for typing drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Poland. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 55:59-64.