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Molecular characterization of drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Sichuan Province in china.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2008
Guo J H, Xiang W L, Zhao Q R, Luo T, Huang M, Zhang J, Zhao J, Yang Z R, Sun Q
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis is still a severe public health issue in eastern Asia, and Sichuan is the key area for tuberculosis control in China. To determine the phenotypic and mutation patterns of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Sichuan, the drug susceptibility of 198 clinical isolates was examined. Among these isolates, 76 drug-resistant and 20 susceptible isolates were analyzed for the rpoB,...
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