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In vivo evolution of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients during long-term treatment.
BMC genomics - 29 Aug 2018
Xu Yuhui, Liu Fei, Chen Suting, Wu Jiannan, Hu Yongfei, Zhu Baoli, Sun Zhaogang
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BACKGROUND: In the current scenario, the drug-resistant tuberculosis is a significant challenge in the control of tuberculosis worldwide. In order to investigate the in vivo evolution of drug-resistant M. tuberculosis, the present study envisaged sequencing of the draft genomes of 18 serial isolates from four pre-extensively drug-resistant (pre-XDR) tuberculosis patients for continuous genetic alterations....
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