Article
First insights into the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from HIV-infected Mexican patients and mutations causing multidrug resistance.
BMC microbiology - 17 Mar 2010
Lopez-Alvarez Rocio, Badillo-Lopez Claudia, Cerna-Cortes Jorge F, Castillo-Ramirez Ivan, Rivera-Gutierrez Sandra, Helguera-Repetto Addy C, Aguilar Diana, Hernandez-Pando Rogelio, Samper Sofia, Gonzalez-y-Merchand Jorge A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species in HIV-infected patients in Mexico is unknown. The aims of this study were to determine the frequency of MTb and NTM species in HIV-infected patients from Mexico City, to e...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Cluster Analysis
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- HIV Infections
- Humans
- Mexico
- Mutation
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Serotyping
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant