Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Southwestern Colombia
Using spoligotyping, we identified 13 genotypes and 17 orphan types among 160 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The Beijing genotype represented 15.6% of the isolates and was correlated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, female sex of the patients, a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/7/10-1797_article |