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rpoB gene mutations in clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in northern Lima, Peru.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2005
Shin S S, Naroditskaya V, Sloutsky A, Werner B, Timperi R, Bayona J, Farmer P E, Becerra M C
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In many developing countries and outside hospital settings, the characteristics of endemic Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains resistant to multiple drugs remain unknown. In a community-based referral and therapy program in northern Lima, Peru, beginning in 1996, patients found to be failures on standard regimens were referred for drug-susceptibility testing of their isolates, and those found to be infected with...
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