%0 Journal Article
%T Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum from Suru¨ª Indian subjects, Brazilian Amazon
%A Basta
%A Paulo Cesar
%A Oelemann
%A Maran¨ªbia AC
%A Oelemann
%A Walter MR
%A Fonseca
%A Leila de Souza
%A Coimbra Jr
%A Carlos EA
%J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
%D 2006
%I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de
%R 10.1590/S0074-02762006000600001
%X this investigation aimed at the detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtb) in the sputum of suru¨ª indian subjects from amazonia, brazil. polymerase chain reaction analyses were positive for12 samples, five of which were also culture-positive (n = 147). four mtb genotypes were identified, one of which showed resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid. the study also highlighted one village complex as of particular importance, considering the relatively high number of tuberculosis cases reported and of mtb isolates obtained.
%K uberculosis
%K epidemiology
%K drug resistance
%K south american indians
%K genotyping.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02762006000600001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en