title: Intact pks15/1 in non-W-Beijing Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.
abstract: To determine whether intact pks15/1 is unique to the W-Beijing family, we investigated 147 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with different IS6110 genotypes. Intact pks15/1 was found in 87.8% of cerebrospinal fluid and 84.9% of sputum isolates. It was found not only in W-Beijing strains (approximate, equals 97%) but also in other genotypes (38.5%-100%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine-Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. siacp@mahidol.ac.th
authors.forename: Angkana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaiprasert
authors.forename: Jutaporn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yorsangsukkamol
authors.forename: Therdsak
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prammananan
authors.forename: Prasit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palittapongarnpim
authors.forename: Manoon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leechawengwong
authors.forename: Chertsak
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dhiraputra
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial