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1 (Original Article) (Non- Tuberculosis Mycobacterium, NTM) :.. (Variable Number Tandem Repeat, VNTR). VNTR ) 48 : PCR-RFLP ( MPTR-A, ETR-A, ETR-B, ETR-C, ETR-D, ETR-E, ETR-F : 7 VNTR. VNTR 7. VNTR : 42. ( ) PCR 6. :. VNTR..VNTR : : fzheidari@yahoo.com : 89/9/15 : 88/10/19 : : (Atypical Mycobacteria) (Mycobacteria other Than Tuberculosis) MOTT EM (Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria) NTM. (Environmental Mycobacteria) : ٣

2 90 2. ETR DNA ETR-A MPTR-A. ETR-C, ETR-B,ETR-D, ETR-E, ETR-F ETR-C, ETR-D, ETR-E, ETR-F. ETR-B.(8 7) VNTR (11) VNTR 7.(9) ( ) %4. LJ (Lowenstein Jensen). (40µg/ml) (0/2µg/ml) (2µg/ml) (2µg/ml) (10µg/ml) MDR DNA. MDR hsp65 PRA. - (Heat Shock Protein 65KD PCR Restriction Analysis) (1)....(2).(3). VNTR IS6110-RFLP IS6110-RFLP 1990.(14 4). PCR PCR Spoligotyping VNTR VNTR.(15 5) ( ) 11 VNTR.(6) 5 MPTR (Major Polymorphic Tandem Repeats) 6 (MPTR-A, MPTR-B, MPTR-C, MPTR-D, MPTR-E) ETR-A, ETR-B, ETR-C,). ETR(Exact Tandem Repeats) (ETR-D, ETR-E, ETR-F 7 11 (MPTR-A, ETR-A, ETR-B, ETR-C, ETR-D, ETR-E, ETR-F) (Insertion) (Deletion) 15 MPTR.(7) ٤

3 ) PCR.(7) (1 PCR 30 94ºC 5 : ºC 30 94ºC : ºC %1/7 PCR. PCR.(7) Hpa II Hph I Ava II 3.(20 19) VNTR 48 Myco. Simiae (ATCC 25275T). Myco. Fortuitum (ATCC 49404). Myco. Chelonae Abscessus (ATCC 19977T). Myco. Chelonae Chelonae (ATCC 35749T). Myco. Intracellular (ATCC 13950T). Myco. Parascrofulaceum (ATCC 19981T). Myco. Malmoens (ATCC 29571T). Myco. Gordonae (ATCC 14470T). Myco. Kansasii (ATCC 12478T). H 37 RV :1 (3'-5') *(bp) PCR (bp) MPTR-A GGTTACCACTTCGATGCGTCTGCC AGCCGCCGAAACCCATC ( 16 15) 343 Frothingham (1995) ETR-A AAATCGGTCCCATCACCTTCTTAT CGAAGCTGGGGTCGCCCGCGATTT ( 3 75) Goyal et al (1994) ETR-B GCGAACACCAGGACAGCATCATG GGCATGCCGGTGATCGAGTGG ( 3 57) ETR-C ETR-D GTGATGCGCTGCAGAACCTGCAG GGCGTCTTGACCTCCACGAGCT CAGGTCACAACGAGAGGAAGAGC GCGGATCGGCCAGCGACTCCTC ( 4 58) ( 3 77) Frothingham and Meeker O Connell (1998) ETR-E CTTCGGCGTCGAAGAGAGCCTC CGGAACGCTGGTCACCACCTAAG ( 3 53) ETR-F CTCGGTGATGGTCCGGCCGGTCAC GGAAGTGCTCGACAACGCCATGCC ( 3 79) ETR-D ETR-E.(7) ETR-F (%58/3) 28 (%41/6) (%72/9) 35.. (%27) ± : ( ) MPTR-A, ETR-A, ETR-B, ETR-C, ETR-D, ETR-E, ETR-F : H37RV 6. 4 MPTRA ETR-A ETR-B ETR-C ٥

4 VNTR 2 42 (3 ) 3 PCR 6 ) VNTR.(1 ).( PCR MPTR-A, ETR-A, ETR-B, ETR-C, ETR-D, ETR-E, ETR-F ) (3. 30/3 54/7 2 (%95/8) (%4/2) 36 (%8/3) 4 MDR (%16/6) 8 2. MDR (%75) (%27) 13 hsp65 PRA.(2 ) (%73) :2 hsp65 PRA VNTR :3 ETR-F ETR-E ETR-D ETR-C ETR-B ETR-A MPTR-A ٦

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6 90 2 Myco. Simiae ETR-C, ETR-A, ETR-E :1 Myco. Simiae (100 bp Ladder) DNA :M :N Myco. Simiae :1-10 ٨

7 5 (BCG).(7) VNTR MPTR ETR ETR-A.(17) MPTR ETR VNTR VNTR. M. ulceranse VNTR 2005 Ablordey (18) M. ulceranse 2007 Hilty VNTR (6) Agy99. M. ulceranse ٩..(10) 1908.(2) Duvall. ) (.(12) VNTR MPTR ETR Meeker-O.(16 13) VNTR 1998 Frothingham ( ) H 37 RV VNTR 6 (MPTR-A, MPTR-B, MPTR-C, MPTR-E, MPTR-F) (ETR-A, ETR-B, ETR-C, ETR-D, ETR-E, ETR-F) ETR 6 MPTR 5. (Inserting) (Deletion) BCG

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