Epidemiological trends and clinical comparisons of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages in Thai TB meningitis

• Main Authors: Kiatichai Faksri, Francis Drobniewski, Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Timothy Brown, Therdsak Prammananan, Prasit Palittapongarnpim, Naraporn Prayoonwiwat, Angkana Chaiprasert
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/11971

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains were isolated from cerebrospinal fluids collected from individual tuberculous meningitis (TBM) patients from 1996 to 2007 (n = 184) and characterised based on IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), spoligotyping, Mycobacterium interspersed re...