Predominant tuberculosis spoligotypes, Delhi, India

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Jun;10(6):1138-42. doi: 10.3201/eid1006.030575.

Abstract

One hundred five Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from the Delhi area were typed by spoligotyping; 45 patterns were identified. Comparison with an international spoligotype database showed type 26, Delhi type (22%), type 54 (12%), and type 1, Beijing type (8%), as the most common. Eighteen spoligotypes did not match any existing database pattern.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • India
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / genetics
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial