Molecular Identification of Streptomycin Monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Related to Multidrug-Resistant W Strain
Pablo Bifani*†, Barun Mathema*, Martha Campo*, Soraya Moghazeh*, Beth Nivin‡, Elena Shashkina*, Jeffrey Driscoll§, Sonal S. Munsiff‡, Richard Frothingham¶, and Barry N. Kreiswirth*
Author affiliations: *Public Health Research Institute Tuberculosis Center, New York, NY, USA; †New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; ‡New York City Department of Health, New York, New York, USA; §New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA; ¶Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Figure 2. . Spacer oligonucleotide typing (spoligotyping) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Positive hybridization with the 43 different spacer probes is denoted by black squares. W14 group has a distinctive disruption in spacer 40. Row 1: H37Ra, spoligotype S00001; 2: W-MDR, New York City isolate, spoligotype S00034; and 3: W14, spoligotype S000069.
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