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Molecular epidemiology of multi- and extensively-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ireland, 2001-2014.
The Journal of infection - 1 Jan 2018
Roycroft E, O'Toole R F, Fitzgibbon M M, Montgomery L, O'Meara M, Downes P, Jackson S, O'Donnell J, Laurenson I F, McLaughlin A M, Keane J, Rogers T R
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OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this work was to examine the acquisition and spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) in Ireland. METHODS: All available Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates (n = 42), from MDR-TB cases diagnosed in Ireland between 2001 and 2014, were analysed using phenotypic drug-susceptibility testing, Mycobacterial-Interspersed-Repetitive-Units Variable-Number...
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