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Molecular analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tuberculous meningitis patients in Thailand.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jul 2009
Yorsangsukkamol Jutaporn, Chaiprasert Angkana, Prammananan Therdsak, Palittapongarnpim Prasit, Limsoontarakul Sunsern, Prayoonwiwat Naraporn
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The first retrospective molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from cerebrospinal fluid of 158 tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in Thailand, collected between 1995 and 2005, was performed by Southern-blot hybridization with an IS6110 probe and spoligotyping on 152 and 147 isolates, respectively. Antituberculous drug susceptibility testing was performed in 149 patients, 118 of whom (79.2%) contained...
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