title: [Molecular typing of mycobacteria].
abstract: Molecular typing is now widely used in mycobacteriology as a significant addition to conventional epidemiological studies. Several methods are available that differ with respect to their discriminating power and to the genetic marker used. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) done using the IS6110 insertion sequence has been widely used for typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. More recently, short repetitive DNA sequences have been used as RFLP markers, as well as for other typing methods involving gene amplification. One of these methods, the inter-direct repeat (DR)-based spoligotyping method, is rapid, directly applicable to clinical specimens, and highly discriminating.
authors.affiliation: Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Devallois
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Horgen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sola
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rastogi
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005819:Genetic Markers
vernacular_title: Le typage moléculaire des mycobactéries.