Impact of pathobiological diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on clinical features and lethal outcome of tuberculosis

Impact of pathobiological diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on clinical features and lethal outcome of tuberculosis

Abstract Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis population in Russia is dominated by the notorious Beijing genotype whose major variants are characterized by contrasting resistance and virulence properties. Here we studied how these strain features could impact the progression of pulmonary tuberculos...

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Main Authors: Igor Mokrousov, Oksana Pasechnik, Anna Vyazovaya, Irina Yarusova, Alena Gerasimova, Aleksey Blokh, Viacheslav Zhuravlev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Beijing genotype
Lethal outcome
Multidrug resistance
Virulence
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-022-02461-w

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