Characterization of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Characterization of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is endemic in Pakistan. Resistance to both firstline rifampicin and isoniazid drugs (multidrug-resistant TB; MDR-TB) is hampering disease control. Rifampicin resistance is attributed to rpoB gene mutations, but rpoA and rpoC loci may...

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Main Authors: Anwar Sheed Khan, Jody E. Phelan, Muhammad Tahir Khan, Sajid Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Gary Napier, Susana Campino, Sajjad Ahmad, Otavio Marques Cabral, Shulin Zhang, Hazir Rahman, Dong-Qing Wei, Taane G. Clark, Taj Ali Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93501-4

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