Article
Genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from tuberculosis patients in Iran using MIRU-VNTR technique.
The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences - 1 Nov 2017
Khosravi Azar Dokht, Shahraki Abdolrazagh Hashemi, Dezfuli Soolmaz Khandan, Hashemzadeh Mohammad, Goodarzi Hamed, Mohajeri Parviz
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) is considered as one of the most important infectious diseases in the world, and recent rise and spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains, have made the matter worsened. Due to the importance of TB prevalence in Iran, this study was designed t...
Topics
- Alleles
- Antitubercular Agents
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Genetic Loci
- Humans
- Iran
- Isoniazid
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Rifampin