Novel hot spot of IS6110 insertion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

J Clin Microbiol

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Francis J Curry National Tuberculosis Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.

Published: April 2010

We describe a hot spot for the insertion of IS6110 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis located in the area of region of difference 724 (RD724). Because RD724 defines sublineage 724 of M. tuberculosis, caution must be exercised when screening for RD724, as different polymorphisms can be observed in this region.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849554PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02210-09DOI Listing

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