Abstract
To determine whether intact pks15/1 is unique to the W-Beijing family, we investigated 147 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with different IS6110 genotypes. Intact pks15/1 was found in 87.8% of cerebrospinal fluid and 84.9% of sputum isolates. It was found not only in W-Beijing strains (approximate, equals 97%) but also in other genotypes (38.5%-100%).
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Base Sequence
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Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
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DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
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Genotype
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length*
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Sequence Alignment
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Sputum / microbiology