dc.contributor.author | Rahmo, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hamze, M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-17T09:13:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-17T09:13:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | EN |
dc.identifier.issn | 1020-3397 | EN |
dc.identifier.other | http://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/V16/08/16_8_2010_0820_0830.pdf | EN |
dc.identifier.uri | https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117945 | |
dc.description | 820-830 | EN |
dc.description.abstract | The role of previous treatment in the dynamics of tuberculosis transmission has not been adequately investigated. Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from previously treated patients [n = 88] from all regions of Syrian Arab Republic were characterized in terms of antibiotic sensitivity and genotyping using double-repetitive-element polymerase chain reaction [DRE-PCR] method for the proximity of the repetitive DNA elements IS6110 [a mobile genetic element] and PGRS. The 88 isolates resulted in 59 different DRE-PCR patterns. Correlations related to age, sex, region, sensitivity and genotype were examined. All regions of the country showed high levels of genotype diversity, suggesting a low level of transmission of M. tuberculosis strains in previously treated patients | EN |
dc.language.iso | en | EN |
dc.subject | Polymerase Chain Reaction | EN |
dc.subject | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | EN |
dc.subject | Genotype | EN |
dc.subject | Microbial Sensitivity Tests | EN |
dc.subject | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant | EN |
dc.subject.mesh | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | EN |
dc.title | Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Syrian patients by double-repetitive-element polymerase chain reaction | EN |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 16 (8), 820-830, 2010 | |