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Molecular identification of streptomycin monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis related to multidrug-resistant W strain.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Bifani P, Mathema B, Campo M, Moghazeh S, Nivin B, Shashkina E, Driscoll J, Munsiff S S, Frothingham R, Kreiswirth B N
Abstract excerpt
A distinct branch of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis W phylogenetic lineage (W14 group) has been identified and characterized by various genotyping techniques. The W14 group comprises three strain variants: W14, W23, and W26, which accounted for 26 clinical isolates from the New York City metropolitan area. The W14 group shares a unique IS6110 hybridizing banding motif as well as distinct polymorphic GC-rich...
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