Genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a resource-limited region of China

Objectives: To gain an insight into the genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Chongqing Municipality, an MDR tuberculosis (MDR-TB) epidemic region of China. Methods: In this study, a total of 208 M. tuberculosis isolates from smear-positive TB patients...

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Main Authors: Dan Zhang, Jun An, Yufeng Wang, Yu Pang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214015483