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Emergence and molecular characterization of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from the Delhi Region in India.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2010
Khanna Alka, Raj V Samuel, Tarai Bansidhar, Sood Ruchi, Pareek Pawan Kumar, Upadhyay Dilip J, Sharma Pawan, Rattan Ashok, Saini Kulvinder Singh, Singh Harpal
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We screened 194 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from tuberculosis (TB) patients in Delhi and neighboring regions in India to identify the prevalence of extensive drug resistance (XDR) in clinical isolates. Among these, 104 isolates were found to be multidrug resistant (MDR), and 6 were identified as XDR isolates, which was later confirmed by antimicrobial susceptibility testing against the respective...
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