We studied a total of 245 M. tuberculosis strains collected during a 1-year period, from January to December 2002, from the same number of TB patients hospitalized in Tuscany, Italy. Spoligotype analysis showed seven isolates with the typical Beijing/W pattern of probe hybridization only to spacer sequences 35–43. This is the first report of isolation of M. tuberculosis strains of Beijing genotype in Italy.
Beijing/W Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Italy
GARZELLI, CARLO;RINDI, LAURA;
2004-01-01
Abstract
We studied a total of 245 M. tuberculosis strains collected during a 1-year period, from January to December 2002, from the same number of TB patients hospitalized in Tuscany, Italy. Spoligotype analysis showed seven isolates with the typical Beijing/W pattern of probe hybridization only to spacer sequences 35–43. This is the first report of isolation of M. tuberculosis strains of Beijing genotype in Italy.File in questo prodotto:
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