Comparative Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotype distribution in Mexico.
In the present work, we studied the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from patients according to their gender, age, and geographic location in Mexico. We did not observe any statistically significant differences in regard to age or gender. We found that spoligo international type 53 (SIT53) is more frequent in the northern states and that SIT119 predominates in central Mexico.
Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico drluciovera@yahoo.com.
Lucio
L
Vera-Cabrera
Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico Departamento de Inmunología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
Jessica
J
Ramos-Alvarez
Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
Carmen A
CA
Molina-Torres
Departamento de Inmunología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
Lydia Guadalupe
LG
Rivera-Morales
Centro de Investigación, Prevención y Tratamiento de Infecciones Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
Adrian
A
Rendón
Servicio de Microbiología Clínica, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico.
Francisco
F
Quiñones-Falconi
Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
Jorge
J
Ocampo-Candiani
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D058974:Phylogeography; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult