Article
Genotypic diversity and drug susceptibility patterns among M. tuberculosis complex isolates from South-Western Ghana.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Yeboah-Manu Dorothy, Asante-Poku Adwoa, Bodmer Thomas, Stucki David, Koram Kwadwo, Bonsu Frank, Pluschke Gerd, Gagneux Sebastien
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to use spoligotyping and large sequence polymorphism (LSP) to study the population structure of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates. METHODS: MTBC isolates were identified using standard biochemical procedures, IS6110 PCR, and large sequence polymorphisms....
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Mycobacterium
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Streptomycin
- Uganda