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Tuberculosis drug resistance in an area of low endemicity in 2004 to 2006: semiquantitative drug susceptibility testing and genotyping.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2008
Springer Burkhard, Calligaris-Maibach Romana C, Ritter Claudia, Böttger Erik C
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We determined the quantitative levels and the genetic mechanisms of resistance in drug-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sampled over a period of 3 years (n = 45; 17 of the isolate were multidrug resistant). Our results led us to hypothesize that some strains categorized a...
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