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Genotypic characterization of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Peru.
Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jan 1998
Escalante P, Ramaswamy S, Sanabria H, Soini H, Pan X, Valiente-Castillo O, Musser J M
Abstract excerpt
SETTING: Twenty-nine epidemiological unrelated and mostly multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains from Peruvian patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the molecular genetics of MDR-TB strains recovered in a Latin American country. DESIGN: Antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing, major genetic group designation, IS6110 fingerprinting, spoligotyping, and automated deoxyribonucleic acid...
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