Article
Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Hebei, China: genotypes and drug susceptibility phenotypes.
BMC infectious diseases - 3 Mar 2016
Li Yanan, Cao Xinrui, Li Shiming, Wang Hao, Wei Jianlin, Liu Peng, Wang Jing, Zhang Zhi, Gao Huixia, Li Machao, Wan Kanglin, Dai Erhei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem in China. The Hebei province is located in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration region; however little information about the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was available in this area. This study describes the first a...
Topics
- Antitubercular Agents
- China
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis