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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*
*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 family 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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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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