Rapid test for identification of a highly transmissible Mycobacterium tuberculosis beijing strain of sub-Saharan origin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 516-518

  Millán Lou, María Isabel ^a,b,c   Alonso, Henar ^b,c   Gavín, Patricia ^a,b,c   Hernández Febles, Melissa ^d   Campos Herrero, María Isolina ^d   Copado, Rodolfo ^e   Cañas, Fernando ^f   Kremer, Kristin ^g   Caminero, José Antonio ^d   Martín, Carlos ^a,b,c   Samper, Sofía ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE LANZAROTE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS BEIJING STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RV2180C GENE; SPOLIGOTYPING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84856153443     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06314-11     Document Type: Article

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