Predominant Tuberculosis Spoligotypes, Delhi, India

oleh: Urvashi Balbir Singh, Naga Suresh, N.Vijaya Bhanu, Jyoti Arora, Hema Pant, Sanjeev Sinha, Ram Charan Aggarwal, Sushma Singh, Jitendra Nath Pande, Christophe Sola, Nalin Rastogi, Pradeep Seth

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-06-01

Deskripsi

One hundred five Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from the Delhi area were typed by spoligotyping; 45 patterns were identified. Comparison with an international spoligotype database showed type 26, Delhi type (22%), type 54 (12%), and type 1, Beijing type (8%), as the most common. Eighteen spoligotypes did not match any existing database pattern.