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A major subgroup of Beijing family Mycobacterium tuberculosis is associated with multidrug resistance and increased transmissibility.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jan 2011
Hu Y, Ma X, Graviss E A, Wang W, Jiang W, Xu B
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated further the association between the Beijing family Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in rural China and anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance. In total, 351 M. tuberculosis isolates were collected through a population-based epidemiological study, 223 (63·5%) of which were resistant to at least one anti-TB drug, including 53 (15·1%) multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates. Spoligotyping...
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