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Tuberculous spondylitis in Russia and prominent role of multidrug-resistant clone Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing B0/W148.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2015
Vyazovaya Anna, Mokrousov Igor, Solovieva Natalia, Mushkin Alexander, Manicheva Olga, Vishnevsky Boris, Zhuravlev Viacheslav, Narvskaya Olga
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Extrapulmonary and, in particular, spinal tuberculosis (TB) constitutes a minor but significant part of the total TB incidence. In spite of this, almost no studies on the genetic diversity and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from spinal TB patients have been published to date. Here, we report results of the first Russian and globally largest molecular study of M. tuberculosis isolates...
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