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Analysis of Clinical Factors, Bacterial Genotyping, and Drug Resistance for Spinal Tuberculosis in South-Central China.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2020
Liu Zheng, Li Weiwei, Zhang Yilu, Wu Yunqi, Xiao Xiao, Sun Zhicheng, Yang Yan, Hu Wenkai, Wang Xiyang, Zeng Hao
Abstract excerpt
Spinal tuberculosis (STB), which is the most frequent and serious form of skeletal TB, is seriously harmful to a patient's life. However, very little research has been conducted on clinical isolates of STB. The purpose of this study was to genotype clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) from patients with STB, investigate their drug resistance profiles, and determine whether the genotypes and drug...
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