Real-time molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis by direct genotyping of smear-positive clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1755-1757

  Alonso, María ^a,b,c   Herranz, Marta ^a,b,c   Lirola, Miguel Martínez ^d   Gonzaĺez Rivera, Milagros ^a,b   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c   De Viedmaa, Darío García ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84860008324     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00132-12     Document Type: Article

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