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Clonal expansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and coexisting drug resistance in patients newly diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in Hanoi, Vietnam.
BMC research notes - 5 Nov 2013
Hung Nguyen Van, Ando Hiroki, Thuy Tran Thi-Bich, Kuwahara Tomoko, Hang Nguyen Thi-Le, Sakurada Shinsaku, Thuong Pham Huu, Lien Luu Thi, Keicho Naoto
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BACKGROUND: Newly diagnosed patients without anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment histories have not often undergone drug susceptibility testing (DST), but have received the standard treatment regimen without information about their DST profiles in many countries with inadequate resources. METHODS: We collected 346 clinical isolates from previously untreated patients with smear-positive active TB in Hanoi, the...
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