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Rapid detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype and its ancient and modern sublineages by IS6110-based inverse PCR.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2006
Mokrousov Igor, Jiao Wei Wei, Valcheva Violeta, Vyazovaya Anna, Otten Tatiana, Ly Ho Minh, Lan Nguyen Ngoc, Limeschenko Elena, Markova Nadya, Vyshnevskiy Boris, Shen A Dong, Narvskaya Olga
Abstract excerpt
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype strains appear to be hypervirulent and associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Therefore, the development of a both rapid and simple method to detect the M. tuberculosis Beijing genotype is of clinical interest per se. Previously, we descr...
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