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Multi-drug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Kassala State, Eastern Sudan.
Tropical doctor - 1 Apr 2013
Abdul-Aziz Ahmed A, Elhassan Mogahid M, Abdulsalam Salma A, Mohammed Eman O, Hamid Mohamed E
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This study investigates the prevalence of drug resistance and mutations in rpoB gene among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Kassala State, Sudan. In a cross-sectional study during 2011, sputum specimens (n = 90) were examined microscopically and grown cultures were identified by analysing IS6110 insertion sequence. Antimicrobial sensitivity and mutations in the rpoB gene were determined. Of the 90...
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