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Tuberculosis
New tuberculosis study findings have been reported by E. Augustynowiczkopec and co-researchers
June 17th, 2008
"In total, 48 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from 48 patients with drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in central Poland during 2004 were analysed by spoligotyping and IS6110-Mtb1/Mtb2 PCR. Twelve (25%) isolates were clustered by spoligotyping in combination with IS6110-Mtb1/Mtb2 PCR," investigators in Warsaw, Poland report. "Patients from whom these isolates were obtained were assumed to have developed TB as a result of recent transmission. Spoligotyping, used alone, overestimated the number of clustered isolates," wrote E. Augustynowiczkopec and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "However, combined use of spoligotyping and...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-17)
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