Article
Distribution of spoligotyping defined genotypic lineages among drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex clinical isolates in Ankara, Turkey.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Kisa Ozgul, Tarhan Gulnur, Gunal Selami, Albay Ali, Durmaz Riza, Saribas Zeynep, Zozio Thierry, Alp Alpaslan, Ceyhan Ismail, Tombak Ahmet, Rastogi Nalin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Investigation of genetic heterogeneity and spoligotype-defined lineages of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates collected during a three-year period in two university hospitals and National Tuberculosis Reference and Research Laboratory in Ankara, Turkey. METHODS AND FINDINGS: A total of 95 drug-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates collected from three different centers were...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Genotyping Techniques
- Humans