Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains one of the most
serious global health problems. Molecular typing of M. tuberculosis has been used for …

Because of its portable data, discriminatory power, and recently proposed standardization,
mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) …

Standardized mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem repeat
(MIRU-VNTR) typing based on 15 and 24 loci recently has been proposed for …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains an immense public health problem in the Republic of Korea
despite a more than fivefold decrease in the prevalence of the disease over the last 3 …

The Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been shown in many settings to be
hypervirulent and associated with multi-drug resistance. Its presently global and rapid …

The current gold standard for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) genotyping is
insertion sequence (IS) 6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) as it provides …

Background Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates is a powerful tool for
epidemiological control of tuberculosis (TB) and phylogenetic exploration of the pathogen …

Abstract Background Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis helps to understand the
molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis and to address evolutionary questions about the …

Molecular typing based on variable-number tandem repeats (VNTR) analysis is a promising
tool for identifying transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, the currently …

Thirteen extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis isolates which were highly resistant to a
broad spectrum of antituberculosis drugs were identified from 1,926 clinical isolates in …