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[Primary drug-resistance is the main cause of drug-resistant tuberculosis].
Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases - 1 Feb 2006
Mei Jian, Xue Zhen, Shen Xin, Shen Guo-miao, Gui Xiao-hong, Shen Mei, Gao Qian
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the main cause of drug-resistant tuberculosis. METHODS: Clinic isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 1996 to 2004 in Shanghai were analyzed and the proportion of isolates from new cases (the proxy of primary drug-resistance) and retreatment cases (the proxy of acquired drug-resistance) were calculated. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU) genotyping was performed and...
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