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Multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a retrospective katG and rpoB mutation profile analysis in isolates from a reference center in Brazil.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
de Freitas Flávia A D, Bernardo Vagner, Gomgnimbou Michel K, Sola Christophe, Siqueira Hélio R, Pereira Márcia A S, Fandinho Fátima C O, Gomes Harrison M, Araújo Marcelo E I, Suffys Philip N, Marques Elizabeth A, Albano Rodolpho M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Multidrug resistance is a critical factor in tuberculosis control. To gain better understanding of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Brazil, a retrospective study was performed to compare genotypic diversity and drug resistance associated mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a national reference center. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Ninety-nine multidrug resistant isolates from 12 Brazilian...
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