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Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes in Monterrey, Mexico.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2010
Molina-Torres Carmen A, Moreno-Torres Elisa, Ocampo-Candiani Jorge, Rendon Adrian, Blackwood Kym, Kremer Kristin, Rastogi Nalin, Welsh Oliverio, Vera-Cabrera Lucio
Abstract excerpt
Although tuberculosis is still a public health problem in Mexico, there is little information about the genetic characteristics of the isolates. In the present study, we analyzed by spoligotyping 180 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from the urban area of Monterrey, Mexico, including drug-susceptible and drug-resistant isolates. The spoligotype patterns were compared with those in the international...
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