Challenge in direct Spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a problematic issue in the region with high prevalence of polyclonal infections

Challenge in direct Spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a problematic issue in the region with high prevalence of polyclonal infections

Abstract Objective Based on our recent studies the prevalence of polyclonal infection in tuberculosis clinical specimens is more than 50% in Tehran, Iran. With this background, Spoligotyping was performed on clinical specimens and their respective cultures, and we examined whether mixed infections i...

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Main Authors: Mansour Kargarpour Kamakoli, Sharareh Khanipour, Shima Hadifar, Hasan Ghajavand, Ghazaleh Farmanfarmaei, Abolfazl Fateh, Seyed Davar Siadat, Farzam Vaziri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Direct Spoligotyping
Tuberculosis
Polyclonal infection
MANU2 genotype
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3579-z

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