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Molecular characterization of ofloxacin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Russia.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2008
Mokrousov Igor, Otten Tatiana, Manicheva Olga, Potapova Yulia, Vishnevsky Boris, Narvskaya Olga, Rastogi Nalin
Abstract excerpt
In this work, we studied the variation in the gyrA and gyrB genes in ofloxacin- and multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in northwest Russia. Comparison with spoligotyping data suggested that similar to the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the spread of fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis in Russia may be due, at least partly, to the prevalence of the Beijing genotype...
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