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Spread of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing genotype in the Archangel Oblast, Russia.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2002
Toungoussova Olga S, Sandven Per, Mariandyshev Andrey O, Nizovtseva Nina I, Bjune Gunnar, Caugant Dominique A
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A collection of 119 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in the Archangel Oblast, Russia, in 1998 and 1999 were studied by using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis with the IS6110 probe and spoligotyping. Resistance of the strains to antituberculosis drugs was analyzed by the BACTEC method, and mutations associated with rifampin resistance...
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