The Direct Repeat locus of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) is a member of the CRISPR (Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) sequences family. Spoligotyping is the… (More)
A total of 105 rifampin (RMP)- and/or isoniazid (INH)-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from different parts of Poland in 2000 were screened for mutations associated with… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To determine the specificity of different insertion sequence-targeted polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
DESIGN
One M. bovis BCG strain, two M.… (More)
Primary drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Poland increased two-fold between 1997 and 2000. Among 3705 drug-resistant strains investigated in 2000, 169 were resistant to… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To characterise drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Poland and to estimate the amount of recent transmission in the population.
DESIGN
M. tuberculosis strains… (More)
We developed a scheme for rapid identification of Mycobacterium species using an automated fluorescence capillary electrophoresis instrument. A 441-bp region of the hsp65 gene was examined using… (More)
In this study, 62 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains were characterized by fast ligation-mediated PCR (FLiP) and, previously performed, IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). FLiP… (More)
OBJECTIVES
The aim of the present study was to identify and differentiate Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group strains isolated from clinical and… (More)
Fast and inexpensive identification of epidemiological links between limited number of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains is required to initially evaluate hospital outbreaks, laboratory… (More)
OBJECTIVES
To use genetic fingerprinting to investigate the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Poland, a country with a relatively high incidence of… (More)