Mixed-strain Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections among patients dying in a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jan;49(1):385-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01378-10. Epub 2010 Oct 27.

Abstract

We performed spoligotyping and 24-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing on M. tuberculosis culture-positive biopsy specimens collected from adults dying in a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. Of 56 culture-positive samples genotyped, we detected mixed strains in five (9%) and clonal heterogeneity in an additional four (7%).

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Typing*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • South Africa
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis / mortality*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial