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Title: Cord formation in a clinical Isolate of Mycobacterium abscessus
Authors: Adikaram, C.
Perera, J.
Wijesundera, S.
Perera, G.M.M.
Gamage, S.
Issue Date: 2012
Citation: Annual Research Symposium
Abstract: The species belonging to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) display characteristic serpentine cord formation in liquid cultures. The factor responsible for the cord formation is trehalose-6,6-dimycolate (TDM), a component of the mycobacterium cell wall that is responsible for MTC virulence. Thus cord formation is considered a definitive diagnostic character of MTC. Microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay (MODS), based on this character, is widely used for identification of multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
URI: http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/3378
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