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Determination of principal genotypic groups among susceptible, MDR and XDR clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Belarus and Iran.
Tuberkuloz ve toraks - 1 Jan 2012
Arjomandzadegan Mohammad, Titov Leonid P, Surkova Larisa K, Farnia Parisa, Sheikholeslami Fatemeh, Owlia Parviz, Eshghinejad Arezoo, Farazi Ali Asghar, Eshrati M, Kahbazi Manijeh, Ahmadi Azam, Shojapur Mana
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INTRODUCTION: All members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex were assigned to one of the three principle genetic groups based on KatG463/GyrA95 polymorphism. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 202 isolates of M. tuberculosis consisting of 50 susceptible, 121 MDR (multidrug resistant) and 31 XDR (extensively drug resistant) isolated from culture-confirmed tuberculosis patients in different regions of Belarus...
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