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Rifampin- and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Russian civilians and prison inmates: dominance of the beijing strain family.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2002
Drobniewski Francis, Balabanova Yanina, Ruddy Michael, Weldon Laura, Jeltkova Katya, Brown Timothy, Malomanova Nadezdna, Elizarova Elvira, Melentyey Alexander, Mutovkin Ebgeny, Zhakharova Svetlana, Fedorin Ivan
Abstract excerpt
Consecutive patient cultures (140) of Mycobacteriium tuberculosis were collected from five Russian civilian and prison tuberculosis laboratories and analyzed for rifampin (rpoB) and isoniazid resistance (inhA, katG, ahpC); transmission of Beijing family isolates; and the importance of prison and...
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