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Diversified lineages and drug-resistance profiles of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Malaysia.
International journal of mycobacteriology - 1 Jan 2000
Noorizhab Fakhruzzaman Mohd Nur, Abidin Norzuliana Zainal, Aziz Zirwatul Adilah, Lim Wai Feng, Richard Johari James, Noorliza Mohd Noordin, Hani Mat Hussin, Norhayati Rusli, Zamzurina Abu Bakar, Farida Zuraina Md Yusof, Hisyam Muhammad Jamari, Teh Lay Kek, Norazmi Mohd Nor, Zaki Mohd Salleh
Abstract excerpt
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major health problem in Malaysia with thousands of cases reported yearly. This is further burdened with the emergence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) provides high-resolution molecular epidemiological data for the accurate determination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) lineages and prediction of the drug-resistance patterns....
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