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Clonal diversity and drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from extra-pulmonary samples in central India--a pilot study.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Desikan P, Chauhan D S, Sharma P, Panwalkar N, Yadav P, Ohri B S
Abstract excerpt
In India, extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) accounts for 10 - 15% of all types of tuberculosis. To identify and compare predominant spoligotypes and drug-resistance patterns in strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from extrapulmonary and pulmonary specimens in central India, drug susceptibility testing and spoligotyping were carried out. Spoligotyping data was analyzed using SITVIT2 database....
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