Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with multiple copies of IS6110 elements in Gulbarga, South India

This study was carried out to ascertain the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by insertion sequence 6110 [IS6110] based DNA fingerprinting method in Gulbarga district belonging to the southern part of India. Results showed that among the 52 M. tuberculosis isolates studied, 57.7% exhibited more than 5 copies of IS6110 showing the prevalence of M. tuberculosis with multiple copies of IS6110 elements