Article
Strain typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Korea by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats.
The Korean journal of laboratory medicine - 1 Aug 2009
Yun Kyung Won, Song Eun Ju, Choi Go Eun, Hwang In Kyung, Lee Eun Yup, Chang Chulhun L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most clinically significant infectious agents. Especially during mass outbreaks, accurate identification and monitoring are required. The proportion of Beijing family members is very high among infecting strains, and spoligotyping is not suitable for strain typing. Therefore, we studied the homogeneity of isolates using the mycobacterial interspersed repetitive...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Republic of Korea
- Tuberculosis