Article
Molecular epidemiology and clinical characteristics of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a tuberculosis referral hospital in China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wang Qi, Lau Susanna K P, Liu Fei, Zhao Yanlin, Li Hong Min, Li Bing Xi, Hu Yong Liang, Woo Patrick C Y, Liu Cui Hua
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Despite the large number of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases in China, few studies have comprehensively analyzed the drug resistance-associated gene mutations and genotypes in relation to the clinical characteristics of M. tuberculosis (Mtb) isolates. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDI...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antitubercular Agents
- China
- Cluster Analysis
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Middle Aged
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Multilocus Sequence Typing