Article
DNA fingerprinting and phenotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive and HIV-seronegative patients in Tanzania.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 1995
Yang Z H, Mtoni I, Chonde M, Mwasekaga M, Fuursted K, Askgård D S, Bennedsen J, de Haas P E, van Soolingen D, van Embden J D
Abstract excerpt
With the purpose of determining whether the risk of infection with a particular clone of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is influenced by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status of the host, we analyzed and compared 68 mycobacterial isolates obtained from HIV-seropositive patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with 66 mycobacterial isolates obtained from HIV-seronegative patients with TB in...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Transposable Elements
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seronegativity
- HIV Seropositivity
- Humans