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The study on the association between Beijing genotype family and drug susceptibility phenotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Beijing.
Scientific reports - 8 Nov 2017
Liu Yi, Jiang Xiaoying, Li Wensheng, Zhang Xuxia, Wang Wei, Li Chuanyou
Abstract excerpt
The predominant prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) lineage was the Beijing genotype family in Beijing. There has been no systematic study on the association between drug resistance and Beijing genotype. Here we collected 268 M. tb strains, analyzed the background information and the bacteriological characteristics. The mean age of the cases was 40.12 years; male patients were almost three times than...
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