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Identification of MDR-TB Beijing/W and other Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Nairobi, Kenya.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Mar 2004
Githui W A, Jordaan A M, Juma E S, Kinyanjui P, Karimi F G, Kimwomi J, Meme H, Mumbi P, Streicher E M, Warren R, van Helden P D, Victor T C
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SETTING: Suspected tuberculosis (TB) patients in Nairobi, Kenya. OBJECTIVE: To identify the presence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Beijing/W type and other genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. METHODS: Thirty-three isolates resistant to one or more drugs (resistance ratio method), including 15 MDR isolates and 40 susceptible isolates selected at random, were analysed by dot-blot hybridisation for mutations...
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