Frequency of first and second-line drug resistance-associated mutations among resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from São Paulo, Brazil
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and the number of new cases of multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB), pre extensively drug-resistant TB (pre-XDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) has increased considerably worldwide....
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Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
2020-05-01
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Series: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762020000100315&tlng=en |