MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX IN PALERMO, ITALY

Background: We aimed to investigate the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in the province of Palermo, Italy, by characterizing 183 isolates identified in the years 2004-2012. A comparison with 104 MTBC strains identified in the same geographic area in the years 1994-2000 was also carried out. Methods: MTBC isolates were analyzed by spoligotyping and the 24 mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit (MIRU)-variablenumber tandem-repeat (VNTR) method typing. Susceptibility testing to streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampin and ethambutol was also carried out. Furthermore, the spoligotyping dataset obtained from 104 MTBC isolates identified in the years 1994-2000 in …

Isolamento di Mycobacterium bolletii e Mycobacterium porcinum da pazienti immuno-compromessi