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Molecular profiling of drug resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Aug 2015
Prim Rodrigo Ivan, Schörner Marcos André, Senna Simone Gonçalves, Nogueira Christiane Lourenço, Figueiredo Anna Carolina Cançado, Oliveira Jaquelline Germano de, Rovaris Darcita Bürger, Bazzo Maria Luiza
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Drug resistance is a global threat and one of the main contributing factors to tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks. The goal of this study was to analyse the molecular profile of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. Fifty-three MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates were analysed by spoligotyping and a partial region of the rpoB gene, which is associated with...
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