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. 2002 Jul;40(7):2677-80.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2677-2680.2002.

Spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients from Bombay, India

Nerges F Mistry  1 , Anand M Iyer, Desirée T B D'souza, G Michael Taylor, Douglas B Young, Noshir H Antia
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Spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients from Bombay, India

Nerges F Mistry et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Jul.

Abstract

Spoligotyping was undertaken in 65 multiple-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Bombay, India. The spoligotype patterns showed seven closely related clusters, a cluster with 2 Beijing-like isolates, and unique spoligotypes (43%). Of the clusters, one with 29% of all the isolates suggested transmission of a dominant resistant clone.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Spoligotype patterns of clustered isolates. The filled boxes represent the presence of spacers, and the periods represent the absence of spacers. The numbers along the left of the figure are cluster numbers.
FIG. 2.
FIG. 2.
Spoligotype patterns of unique isolates. The filled boxes represent the presence of spacers, and the periods represent the absence of spacers. The codes along the left of the figure are patient codes.
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