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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
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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 insertion sequence 6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed...
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