| Literature DB >> 20844219 |
Suheir Ereqat1, Gila Kahila Bar-Gal, Abedelmajeed Nasereddin, Kifaya Azmi, Sharif E Qaddomi, Charles L Greenblatt, Mark Spigelman, Ziad Abdeen.
Abstract
Identification and characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains are important for clinical and therapeutic management of tuberculosis. Real-time PCR with a high-resolution melt assay was found to improve the diagnostic process. The assay includes differentiation between M. tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis based on one single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the narGHJI and oxyR genes and determination of M. bovis based on the region of differences 1 (RD1). This assay correctly identified the 7 tested Mycobacterium reference strains and 52 clinical samples with a sensitivity of 2 pg DNA. This assay will help in prescribing adequate treatment and monitoring disease dynamics.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20844219 PMCID: PMC3020821 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00943-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948