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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Myanmar: burden and mutations causing second-line drug resistance.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jan 2018
Ei P W, Aung W W, Nyunt W W, Swe T L, Htwe M M, Win S M, Aung S T, Chang C L, Lee H-Y, Lee J S
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SETTING: Two tuberculosis (TB) reference laboratories in Myanmar. OBJECTIVES: To determine the proportion of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) cases among multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases and the mutations that cause resistance to second-line drugs in Myanmar. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional, retrospective study. Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were collected during 2015-2016....
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