DNA-FINGERPRINTING OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX CULTURE ISOLATES COLLECTED IN BRAZIL AND SPOTTED ONTO FILTER-PAPER

Authors
BURGER M RASKIN S BROCKELT SR AMTHOR B GEISS HK HAAS WH
Citation
M. Burger et al., DNA-FINGERPRINTING OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX CULTURE ISOLATES COLLECTED IN BRAZIL AND SPOTTED ONTO FILTER-PAPER, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(2), 1998, pp. 573-576
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
573 - 576
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:2<573:DOMCCI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The usefulness of filter paper for preservation of bacterial cells was shown by mixed-linker DNA fingerprint analysis of Mycobacterium tuber culosis isolates from 77 Brazilian patients. DNA fingerprints of sampl es spotted onto filter paper and conventional culture material were id entical. Thus, filter paper specimens analyzed by an amplification-bas ed typing method provide a new resource for epidemiological studies of infectious diseases.