Distribution of spoligotyping defined genotypic lineages among drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex clinical isolates in Ankara, Turkey.
BACKGROUND: Investigation of genetic heterogeneity and spoligotype-defined lineages of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates collected during a three-year period in two university hospitals and National Tuberculosis Reference and Research Laboratory in Ankara, Turkey. METHODS A...
Main Authors: | Ozgul Kisa, Gulnur Tarhan, Selami Gunal, Ali Albay, Riza Durmaz, Zeynep Saribas, Thierry Zozio, Alpaslan Alp, Ismail Ceyhan, Ahmet Tombak, Nalin Rastogi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3261197?pdf=render |
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