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SUBMITTER: Romero B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1594710 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20060901 9
PCR-based characterization techniques have been adopted in most laboratories for Mycobacterium bovis typing. We report a molecular characterization of human multidrug-resistant M. bovis isolates and three bovine isolates that share the spoligotyping profile. The analysis of the direct repeat region showed that both groups differed in the presence of spacers not included in the current membrane. They were also distinguished by two out of the nine mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit variabl ...[more]