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Molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulated in Moscow, Russian Federation.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Feb 2011
Afanas'ev M V, Ikryannikova L N, Il'ina E N, Kuz'min A V, Larionova E E, Smirnova T G, Chernousova L N, Govorun V M
Abstract excerpt
The present study investigates epidemiological diversity and multidrug resistance spreading among Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in Moscow, Russian Federation. Among 115 M. tuberculosis strains selected randomly from the sputum of epidemiologically unrelated tuberculosis (TB) patients, multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains predominated. Mutations in the RRDR of the rpoB gene were detected in 64...
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