Article
Genotyping and drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in five provinces of China.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jun 2011
Guo Y-L, Liu Y, Wang S-M, Li C-Y, Jiang G-L, Shi G-L, Song C-X
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the distribution of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype and the association of the genotype with drug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains in five provinces in China. DESIGN: M. tuberculosis strains (n = 158) isolated from five provinces of China were subjected to...
Topics
- Adult
- Antibiotics, Antitubercular
- Antitubercular Agents
- China
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Female
- Genotype
- Geography
- Humans
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequences