DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Honduras.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from 84 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Honduras were characterized by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Seventy-three different IS6110 patterns were found; 63 of these were unique and 10 were shared by two to three strains each. Thus, no ongoing spread of any specific clone of bacteria could be demonstrated.
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Department of Microbiology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, and Instituto Nacional Del Tórax, Tegucigalpa.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006721:Honduras / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012737:Sex Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission
D004269:DNA, Bacterial