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Genotypic diversity among isoniazid-resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Rashid hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre - 1 Jan 2000
Ahmad Suhail, Fares Esther
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To perform molecular fingerprinting for strain relatedness among isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered from tuberculosis (TB) patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-two consecutive isoniazid-resistant M. tuberculosis strains isolated from TB patients (4 natives and 28 expatriates) at Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE were analyzed. The typing was...
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