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VNTR analysis differentiates Mycobacterium ulcerans and IS2404 positive mycobacteria
Pieter Stragier1, Anthony Ablordey, Lies Durnez
1Department of Microbiology, Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium.
Systematic and Applied Microbiology
|July 17, 2007
Abstract:
In recent years, numerous IS2404 positive mycobacteria have been identified, compromising the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans. In this study, variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) analysis was successfully applied on cultures and tissue specimens to differentiate all currently known IS2404 positive mycobacteria from M. ulcerans.
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