title: DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Honduras.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, and Instituto Nacional Del Tórax, Tegucigalpa.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pineda-Garcia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrera
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hoffner
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial