Article
Routine rapid Mycobacterium species assignment based on species-specific allelic variation in the 65-kilodalton heat shock protein gene (hsp65).
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Aug 1997
Pai S, Esen N, Pan X, Musser J M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the utility of automated DNA sequencing strategies for Mycobacterium species assignment and surrogate rifampin susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in a hospital-based clinical microbiology laboratory. DESIGN: Consecutive patient specimens (n...
Topics
- Alleles
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Chaperonin 60
- Chaperonins
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mycobacterium
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Rifampin
- Sequence Analysis, DNA