title: Bias in detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis polyclonal infection: Use clinical samples or cultures?
abstract: The application of MIRU-VNTR has unveiled that infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be polyclonal. Our comparative study demonstrated that based on the studied samples (clinical specimen or culture) detection of polyclonal M. tuberculosis infection can be significantly different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ghazaleh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Farmanfarmaei
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kargarpour Kamakoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid Reza
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Sadegh
authors.affiliation: Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masoumi
authors.affiliation: Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abdolrahimi
authors.affiliation: Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Abolfazl
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fateh
authors.affiliation: Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Nayereh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ebrahimzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Javadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rahimi Jamnani
authors.affiliation: Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: farzam_vaziri@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Farzam
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vaziri
authors.affiliation: Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Davar
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Siadat
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D015982:Bias; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: 24 loci MIRU-VNTR; Comparative study; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polyclonal infection