IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism typing of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Madras, South India.

Sulochana Das; Paramasivan, C.N.; Lowrie, D.B.; Prabhakar, R.; Narayanan, P.R.

Tubercle and Lung Disease; 1995; 76; 550-554.

To explore the utility of a standardized IS6110/PvuII deoxyribonuclleic acid (DNA) fingerprinting restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) typing method for distinguishing between isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis , and to assess the potential for distinguishing between relapse versus reinfection rates.

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