Molecular typing of Mycobacterium intracellulare using multilocus variable-number of tandem-repeat analysis: identification of loci and analysis of clinical isolates

References

1. Bauer J., Andersen A. B., Askgaard D., Giese S. B., Larsen B. 1999; Typing of clinical Mycobacterium avium complex strains cultured during a 2-year period in Denmark by using IS 1245. J Clin Microbiol 37:600–605
   [Google Scholar]
2. Bull T. J., Sidi-Boumedine K., McMinn E. J., Stevenson K., Pickup R., Hermon-Taylor J. 2003; Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU) differentiate Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from other species of the Mycobacterium avium complex. Mol Cell Probes 17:157–164
   [Google Scholar]
3. De Groote M. A., Pace N. R., Fulton K., Falkinham J. O. III 2006; Relationships between Mycobacterium isolates from patients with pulmonary mycobacterial infection and potting soils. Appl Environ Microbiol 72:7602–7606
   [Google Scholar]
4. Dvorska L., Bartos M., Ostadal O., Kaustova J., Matlova L., Pavlik I. 2002; IS 1311 and IS 1245 restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses, serotypes, and drug susceptibilities of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates obtained from a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient. J Clin Microbiol 40:3712–3719
   [Google Scholar]
5. Griffith D. E., Brown-Elliott B. A., Langsjoen B., Zhang Y., Pan X., Girard W., Nelson K., Caccitolo J., Alvarez J. other authors 2006; Clinical and molecular analysis of macrolide resistance in Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 174:928–934
   [Google Scholar]
6. Hunter P. R., Gaston M. A. 1988; Numerical index of the discriminatory ability of typing systems: an application of Simpson's index of diversity. J Clin Microbiol 26:2465–2466
   [Google Scholar]
7. Inagaki T., Nishimori K., Yagi T., Ichikawa K., Moriyama M., Nakagawa T., Shibayama T., Uchiya K., Nikai T., Ogawa K. 2009; Comparison of a variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) method for typing Mycobacterium avium with mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-VNTR and IS 1245 restriction fragment length polymorphism typing. J Clin Microbiol 47:2156–2164
   [Google Scholar]
8. Inderlied C. B., Kemper C. A., Bermudez L. E. 1993; The Mycobacterium avium complex. Clin Microbiol Rev 6:266–310
   [Google Scholar]
9. Kyriakopoulos A. M., Tassios P. T., Matsiota-Bernard P., Marinis E., Tsaousidou S., Legakis N. J. 1997; Characterization to species level of Mycobacterium avium complex strains from human immunodeficiency virus-positive and -negative patients. J Clin Microbiol 35:3001–3003
   [Google Scholar]
10. Le Dantec C., Duguet J.-P., Montiel A., Dumoutier N., Dubrou S., Vincent V. 2002; Occurrence of mycobacteria in water treatment lines and in water distribution systems. Appl Environ Microbiol 68:5318–5325
    [Google Scholar]
11. Monteil M., Durand B., Bouchouicha R., Petit E., Chomel B., Arvand M., Boulouis H. J., Haddad N. 2007; Development of discriminatory multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis for Bartonella henselae. Microbiology 153:1141–1148
    [Google Scholar]
12. Nishimori K., Uchida I., Tanaka K., Nishimori T., Imai K., Kashiwazaki Y., Murata N., Jinma K. 2002; Molecular epidemiological manual for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium avium using VNTR (Variable Numbers of Tandem Repeats) typing. Bull Natl Inst Anim Health 109:25–32 (in Japanese)
    [Google Scholar]
13. Nishiuchi Y., Maekura R., Kitada S., Tamaru A., Taguri T., Kira Y., Hiraga T., Hirotani A., Yoshimura K. other authors 2007; The recovery of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) from the residential bathrooms of patients with pulmonary MAC. Clin Infect Dis 45:347–351
    [Google Scholar]
14. Prammananan T., Phunpruch S., Tingtoy N., Srimuang S., Chaiprasert A. 2006; Distribution of hsp65 PCR-restriction enzyme analysis patterns among Mycobacterium avium complex isolates in Thailand. J Clin Microbiol 44:3819–3821
    [Google Scholar]
15. Selander R. K., Caugant D. A., Ochman H., Musser J. M., Gilmour M. N., Whittam T. S. 1986; Methods of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for bacterial population genetics and systematics. Appl Environ Microbiol 51:873–884
    [Google Scholar]
16. Stragier P., Ablordey A., Meyers W. M., Portaels F. 2005; Genotyping Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum by using mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units. J Bacteriol 187:1639–1647
    [Google Scholar]
17. Supply P., Allix C., Lesjean S., Cardoso-Oelemann M., Rusch-Gerdes S., Willery E., Savine E., de Haas P., van Deutekom H. other authors 2006; Proposal for standardization of optimized mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol 44:4498–4510
    [Google Scholar]
18. Telenti A., Marchesi F., Balz M., Bally F., Böttger E. C., Bodmer T. 1993; Rapid identification of mycobacteria to the species level by polymerase chain reaction and restriction analysis. J Clin Microbiol 31:175–178
    [Google Scholar]
19. Thibault V. C., Grayon M., Boschiroli M. L., Hubbans C., Overduin P., Stevenson K., Gutierrez M. C., Supply P., Biet F. 2007; New variable number tandem repeat markers for typing M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis and M. avium strains: comparison with IS 900 RFLP and IS 1245 RFLP typing. J Clin Microbiol 45:2404–2410
    [Google Scholar]
20. von Reyn C. F., Marlow J. N., Arbeit R. D., Barber T. W., Falkinham J. O. 1994; Persistent colonisation of potable water as a source of Mycobacterium avium infection in AIDS. Lancet 343:1137–1141
    [Google Scholar]
21. Wallace R. J. Jr, Zhang Y., Brown B. A., Dawson D., Murphy D. T., Wilson R., Griffith D. E. 1998; Polyclonal Mycobacterium avium complex infections in patients with nodular bronchiectasis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 158:1235–1244
    [Google Scholar]
22. Wolinsky E. 1979; Nontuberculous mycobacteria and associated diseases. Am Rev Respir Dis 119:107–159
    [Google Scholar]