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Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in southern Brazil.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Feb 2012
Grutzmacher Laynara Katize, Dalmarco Eduardo Monguilhott, Blatt Solange Lucia, Cordova Caio Mauricio Mendes de
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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this work was to evaluate the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) strains with mutations that could result in resistance to the main drugs used in treatment in a region with one of the highest numbers of tuberculosis (TB) cases in southern Brazil. METHODS: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from 120 sputum samples from different patients suspicious of pulmonary tuberculosis who...
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