Article
"Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in treatment naive sputum smear positive patients as revealed by spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR."
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2025
Srikar Anagoni, Ramana B V, Sarma P V G K, Mohan Alladi, Chaudhury Abhijit
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The molecular epidemiological methods are important in the study of transmission dynamics and population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in a geographical region. METHODS: A total of 104 patients were selected who were diagnosed for the first time with pulmonary tuberculosis and were sputum smear positive. Drug sensitivity test, spoligotyping, and MIRU-VNTR typing were done...
Topics
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Sputum
- Male
- Genetic Variation
- Adult
- Female
- India
- Middle Aged
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- Genotype
