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Associations between Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype and drug resistance to four first-line drugs: a survey in China.
Frontiers of medicine - 1 Feb 2018
Liu Haican, Zhang Yuanyuan, Liu Zhiguang, Liu Jinghua, Hauck Yolande, Liu Jiao, Dong Haiyan, Liu Jie, Zhao Xiuqin, Lu Bing, Jiang Yi, Vergnaud Gilles, Pourcel Christine, Wan Kanglin
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Investigations on the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China have shown that Beijing genotype strains play a dominant role. To study the association between the M. tuberculosis Beijing genotype and the drug-resistance phenotype, 1286 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates together with epidemiological and clinical information of patients were collected from the center for tuberculosis (TB) prevention...
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