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Haarlem 3 is the predominant genotype family in multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the capital of Iran: A 5-year survey.
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 1 Jun 2016
Khanipour Sharereh, Ebrahimzadeh Nayereh, Masoumi Morteza, Sakhaei Fatemeh, Alinezhad Farhad, Safarpour Elham, Fateh Abolfazl, Nour Nematollahi Ali, Hadizadeh Tasbiti Alireza, Zolfaghari Mohammad Reza, Bahrmand Ahmad Reza, Mirsaeidi Mehdi, Rahimi Jamnani Fatemeh, Vaziri Farzam, Siadat Seyed Davar
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to further understand the genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates prevalent in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. From January 2010 to March 2015, a total of 723 M. tuberculosis strains were isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). A total of 23 MDR, pre-XDR and XDR M. tuberculosis...
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