title: IS6110-RFLP and spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Iran.
abstract: To evaluate and compare the usefulness of IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and spoligotyping in the epidemiology of tuberculosis in Iran, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains, isolated in 2 different areas of Iran, were subjected to RFLP and spoligotyping. The average number of IS6110 copies per strain was 11 and ranged from 5 to 18 among the M. tuberculosis strains. In total, among the 62 isolates, 56 different patterns were observed. 50 strains had unique RFLP patterns (89%) and 12 (11%) revealed patterns that were found among at least 1 other isolate. Spoligotyping of 97 isolates resulted in 42 different patterns, of which 72% were found in 15 clusters. 14 (29%) out of 48 investigated isolates were resistant to 1 or more antituberculosis drugs and 57% of the resistant isolates were isolated from Afghan immigrants. Ten percent of the isolates represented the Beijing genotype, including 4 of the 14 (36%) resistant strains. Three of these resistant Beijing strains were isolated from Afghan patients. IS6110-RFLP typing could be useful for studying the epidemiology of tuberculosis in Iran. IS6110 patterns were polymorphic and the average IS6110 copy number was high.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doroudchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Basiri
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kadivar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Soolingen
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ghaderi
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*