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. 1996 Jul;34(7):1825–1828. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1825-1828.1996

Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from different regions of Italy and Pakistan.

L A Sechi 1, S Zanetti 1, G Delogu 1, B Montinaro 1, A Sanna 1, G Fadda 1
PMCID: PMC229127  PMID: 8784602

Abstract

The use of the (GTG)5 oligonucleotide, a repetitive marker in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis chromosome, as a primer in association with an IS6110 outlooking primer has been successfully applied to a PCR-based fingerprinting method. This method classified 62 strains of M. tuberculosis, isolated from human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive and -seronegative patients in different regions of Italy and Pakistan, as having 53 different patterns. The results were compared with traditional IS6110 fingerprinting, by which 47 distinct patterns were observed.

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