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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MbT) drug resistance remains a serious problem to global public health and usually leads to a lethal outcome in patients with such strain MbT. Precise and rapid identification of a specific MbT strain is vital for the appointment of anti-tuberculosis therapy. We continue investigation of deactivated MbT strains of the Beijing family by Raman spectroscopy method and focus on glutathione (GSH) as a potential biomarker for strains identification. Strains under the study have different drug sensitivity: sensitive, multi, and extensively drug resistant. Samples were investigated by Raman spectrometry with He-Ne (633 nm) laser excitation source in the “fingerprint” region. As a result, GSH vibrational bands for potential strain discrimination were determined. These differences can be described for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains taken of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary forms of tuberculosis. We suppose that the obtained results can be useful for new diagnostic tools development for identification of different MbT strains in clinical medicine and research practice.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1661-1666
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Raman Spectroscopy
Volume52
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

    Research areas

  • bacteria, cell-wall, glutathione, mycobacterium tuberculosis, raman spectroscopy

    Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Spectroscopy

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