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Extremely high prevalence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Murmansk, Russia: a population-based study.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Sept 2011
Mäkinen J, Marjamäki M, Haanperä-Heikkinen M, Marttila H, Endourova L B, Presnova S E, Mathys V, Bifani P, Ruohonen R, Viljanen M K, Soini H
Abstract excerpt
Drug resistance and molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in the Murmansk region was investigated in a 2-year, population-based surveillance of the civilian population. During 2003 and 2004, isolates from all culture-positive cases were collected (n = 1,226). Prevalence of multi-drug resistance (MDR) was extremely high, as 114 out of 439 new cases (26.0%), and 574 out of 787 previously treated cases (72.9%)...
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