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Clonal diversity of M. tuberculosis isolated in a sea port city in Brazil.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Nov 2009
Scholante Silva Ana Bárbara, Von Groll Andrea, Félix Carolina, Conceição Fabrício Rochedo, Spies Fernanda Sá, Scaini Carlos James, Rossetti Maria Lúcia, Borsuk Sibele, Dellagostin Odir Antônio, Almeida da Silva Pedro Eduardo
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping tools have been widely used to study the occurrence of outbreaks and to identify the patterns of transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. The clonal diversity of 65 clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis was determined by PCR methods. The Double Repeat Element method (DRE-PCR) and spoligotyping identified 45 and 26 distinct patterns respectively. Among these, LAM (38%) was the most frequent...
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