Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Prison Inmates, Azerbaijan

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Prison Inmates, Azerbaijan

In a tuberculosis (TB) program in the Central Penitentiary Hospital of Azerbaijan, we analyzed 65 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by IS6110-based restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) and spoligotyping. From 11 clusters associated with 33 patients, 31 isolates had an IS6110-based ba...

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Main Authors: Gaby E. Pfyffer, Anni Strässle, Tamara van Gorkum, Françoise Portaels, Leen Rigouts, Christine Mathieu, Fuad Mirzoyev, Hamidou Traore, Jan D.A. van Embden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
prison
tuberculosis
multidrug resistance
Beijing clone
rpoB gene
Azerbaijan
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/5/01-7514_article

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