Knowledge of the molecular genetic basis of resistance to antituberculous agents has
advanced rapidly since we reviewed this topic 3 years ago. Virtually all isolates resistant to …

van Soolingen D (National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The
Netherlands). Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections …

In this study, the currently known ty** methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates
were evaluated with regard to reproducibility, discrimination, and specificity. Therefore, 90 …

In an attempt to characterize an unusual mycobacterial strain isolated from a 2-year-old
Somali patient with lymphadenitis, we applied various molecular methods not previously …

Molecular ty** has revolutionized epidemiological studies of infectious diseases,
including those of a mycobacterial etiology. With the advent of fingerprinting techniques …

Many significant diseases of human civilization are thought to have arisen concurrently with
the advent of agriculture in human society. It has been hypothesised that the food produced …

In the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) diseases,
as in all infectious diseases, the key issue is to define the source of infection and to disclose …

The conventional methods for identifying mycobacterial species are based on their
phenotypic characterization. Since some problematic species are slow growers, their …

Several human pathogens (eg, Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, Bordetella pertussis,
Plasmodium falciparum, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis) have very restricted unselected …

The discriminatory power of gyrB DNA sequence polymorphisms for differentiation of the
species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) was evaluated by sequencing …