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Molecular and phenotypic characterization of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates resistant to kanamycin, amikacin, and capreomycin in China.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Nov 2014
Zhang Z, Liu M, Wang Y, Pang Y, Kam K M, Zhao Y
Abstract excerpt
Although second-line anti-tuberculosis (TB) injectable drugs have been widely used to improve treatment outcomes of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), little is known about the prevalence and mechanism of second-line injectable drug resistance among MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in China. Here, we found that 12.7 % (20/158) of isolates showed resistance to at least one second-line injectable drug among...
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