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[Characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in Pskov region].
Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii - 1 Jan 2000
Viazovaia A A, Zhuravlev V Iu, Mokrousov I V, Otten T F, Pavlova E P, Krishevich V V, Vishnevskiĭ B I, Narvskaia O V
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AIM: Characteristics of drug resistance (DR) and population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Pskov region. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 90 strains of M. tuberculosis drug resistance was studied by culture method and by using "TB-BIOCHIP"; genotyping was determined by spoligotyping method. RESULTS: 55 (61.1%) of 90 M.tuberculosis strains had drug resistance, with 40 (44.4%) being multi-resistant. M....
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