Angkana ChaiprasertJutaporn YorsangsukkamolTherdsak PrammanananPrasit PalittapongarnpimManoon LeechawengwongChertsak DhiraputraMahidol UniversityDrug-resistant TB FundThailand National Center for Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyVichaiyut Hospital2018-08-202018-08-202006-01-01Emerging Infectious Diseases. Vol.12, No.5 (2006), 772-77410806059108060402-s2.0-33646565015https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/23868To determine whether intact pks15/1 is unique to the WBeijing family, we investigated 147 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with different IS6110 genotypes. Intact pks15/1 was found in 87.8% of cerebrospinal fluid and 84.9% of sputum isolates. It was found not only in W-Beijing strains (≈97%) but also in other genotypes (38.5%-100%).Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.3201/eid1205.051208