Article
First molecular epidemiology study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Burkina Faso.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
Godreuil S, Torrea G, Terru D, Chevenet F, Diagbouga S, Supply P, Van de Perre P, Carriere C, Bañuls A L
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a molecular epidemiology study on 120 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients presenting pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Burkina Faso. Classical antibiogram studies and genetic characterization, using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (...
Topics
- Adult
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Burkina Faso
- Cluster Analysis
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Oligonucleotides
- Phylogeny
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary