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Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes circulating in the Lebanese population: a retrospective study.
Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit - 1 Feb 2013
Bedrossian N, Hamze M, Rahmo A K, Jurjus A, Saliba J, Dabboussi F, Karam W
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Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Lebanon on the national level may be beneficial for assessing patients and monitoring the therapeutic response to DOTS. This study aimed to characterize the spoligotypes of clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis patients collected between April 2004 and October 2005 from all Lebanese provinces. Isolates (n = 60) were cultured and identified by their biochemical...
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