Article
Systematic survey of clonal complexity in tuberculosis at a populational level and detailed characterization of the isolates involved.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2011
Navarro Yurena, Herranz Marta, Pérez-Lago Laura, Martínez Lirola Miguel, Ruiz-Serrano Maria Jesús, Bouza Emilio, García de Viedma Darío
Abstract excerpt
Clonally complex infections by Mycobacterium tuberculosis are progressively more accepted. Studies of their dimension in epidemiological scenarios where the infective pressure is not high are scarce. Our study systematically searched for clonally complex infections (mixed infections by more than one strain and simultaneous presence of clonal variants) by applying mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases
- Coinfection
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Typing
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Prevalence
- Tuberculosis