Comparison of an automated repetitive sequence-based PCR microbial typing system with IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism for epidemiologic investigation of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Korea.

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Tuberculosis remains a severe public health problem worldwide. Presently, genotyping is used for conducting epidemiologic and clinical studies on tuberculosis cases. We evaluated the efficacy of the repetitive sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR)-based DiversiLab™ system (bioMérieux, France) over the IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In all, 89 clinical M....

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