First description of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype in Argentina Primera descripción del genotipo Beijing de Mycobacterium tuberculosis en la Argentina

First description of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype in Argentina Primera descripción del genotipo Beijing de Mycobacterium tuberculosis en la Argentina

During a population-based study to genotype isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Buenos Aires Northern suburbs, we found isolates with molecular patterns related to those of the Beijing genotype. Five out of 590 (0.85%) patients had isolates with spoligopattern identical to that of the Beijin...

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Main Authors: N. Morcillo, B. Di Giulio, C. Chirico, A. Kuriger, A. Dolmann, A. Alito, M. Zumárraga, D. Van Soolingen, K. Kremer, A. Cataldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2005-06-01
Series:Revista Argentina de Microbiología
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Beijing
cepa-W
spoligotyping
epidemiología
W-strain
epidemiology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412005000200008

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