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Genotypes and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Shihezi, Xinjiang Province, China.
BMC research notes - 19 Jun 2012
Zhang Juan, Mi Ligu, Wang Yuanzhi, Liu Peizhi, Liang Haiyan, Huang Yi, Lv Bing, Yuan Li
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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. To investigate the genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and the distribution of Beijing family strains, molecular epidemiology technologies have been used widely. METHODS: From June 2010 to June 2011, 55 M. tuberculosis isolates from patients with pulmonary TB were studied by Beijing family-specific PCR (detection of the deletion of...
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