Article
High within-host diversity found from direct genotyping on post-mortem tuberculosis specimens in a high-burden setting.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2021
Rodríguez-Grande Cristina, Hurtado Juan Carlos, Rodríguez-Maus Sandra, Casas Isaac, Castillo Paola, Navarro Mireia, Rakislova Natalia, García-Basteiro Alberto, Carrilho Carla, Fernandes Fabiola, Lovane Lucilia, Jordao Dercio, Ismail Mamudo R, Lorenzoni Cesaltina, Cossa Anélsio, Mandomando Inácio, Bassat Quique, Menéndez Clara, Ordi Jaume, Muñoz Patricia, Pérez-Lago Laura, García de Viedma Darío, Martínez Miguel J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To characterize the clonal complexity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infections considering factors that help maximize the detection of coexisting strains/variants. METHODS: Genotypic analysis by Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeats (MIRU-VNTR) was performed directly on 70 biopsy specimens from two or more different tissues involving 28 tuberculosis cases...
Topics
- Alleles
- Autopsy
- Genotype
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mozambique
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
