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Beijing lineage of MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Bulgaria, 2007-2011.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2014
Panaiotov Stefan, Bachiyska Elizabeta, Yordanova Stanislava, Atanasova Yuliana, Brankova Nadia, Levterova Viktoria, Sengstake Sarah, Anthony Richard, Bergval Indra, Sola Christophe, Kantardjiev Todor
Abstract excerpt
To assess the spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype among patients with multidrug-resistant and extensively resistant tuberculosis in Bulgaria, we genotyped 188 (72%) of 261 microbiologically confirmed resistant isolates obtained during 2007-2011. The estimated prevalence of the Beijing genotype among these patients was 3.2%.
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