Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis of Respiratory and Household Water Biofilm Isolates of "Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis" with Establishment of a PCR Database.

ABSTRACT: "Mycobacterium aviumsubsp.hominissuis" is an important cause of pulmonary disease. It is acquired from environmental sources, but there is no methodology for large population studies. We evaluated the potential of variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis. Clinical and household biofilmM. aviumisolates underwent molecular identification. Testing for IS901was done to separateM. aviumsubsp.aviumfromM. aviumsubsp.hominissuis VNTR types were defined using VNTR loci, and subtyping was performed using 3'hsp65and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing. Forty-nine VNTR types and eight subtypes ofM. aviumsubsp.hominissuis(IS901negative) were identified among 416 isolates ofM. aviumfrom 121 patients and 80 biofilm sites. Of those types, 67% were found only among patient isolates, 11% only

SUBMITTER: Iakhiaeva E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4809946 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature