BIOCHEMICAL HETEROGENEITY OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX ISOLATES IN GUINEA-BISSAU

Authors
HOFFNER SE SVENSON SB NORBERG R DIAS F GHEBREMICHAEL S KALLENIUS G
Citation
Se. Hoffner et al., BIOCHEMICAL HETEROGENEITY OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX ISOLATES IN GUINEA-BISSAU, Journal of clinical microbiology, 31(8), 1993, pp. 2215-2217
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
31
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2215 - 2217
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1993)31:8<2215:BHOMCI>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Fifty-six strains of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from patie nts in Guinea-Bissau were examined by using four biochemical tests (ni acin production, nitrate reductase, pyrazinamidase, and resistance to thiophen-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide). The isolates were divided into five different biovars within a spectrum ranging from classical human M. tuberculosis to classical M. bovis.