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Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes and predominant clones among the multidrug-resistant isolates in Spain 1998-2005.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2017
Samper Sofía, Gavín Patricia, Millán-Lou María Isabel, Iglesias María José, Jiménez María Soledad, Couvin David, Rastogi Nalin
Abstract excerpt
Although the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is gradually decreasing in Spain, there is an increase in the proportion of foreign-born cases. This changing scenario is slowly shifting the local TB epidemiology from endemic to imported cases with an increased risk for multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. MDR/XDR strains from Spain (n=366 MTBC...
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