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Phenotypic and genotypic diversity in a multinational sample of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Apr 2015
Garfein R S, Catanzaro D G, Rodwell T C, Avalos E, Jackson R L, Kaping J, Evasco H, Rodrigues C, Crudu V, Lin S-Y G, Groessl E, Groessel E, Hillery N, Trollip A, Ganiats T, Victor T C, Eisenach K, Valafar F, Channick J, Qian L, Catanzaro A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To develop and evaluate rapid, molecular-based drug susceptibility testing (DST) for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), we assembled a phenotypically and genotypically diverse collection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients evaluated for drug resistance in four high-burden countries. METHODS: M. tuberculosis isolates from India (n = 111), Moldova (n = 90), the Philippines...
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