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Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its genotypes isolated from an outbreak in western Thailand.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 2 Aug 2021
Rudeeaneksin Janisara, Phetsuksiri Benjawan, Nakajima Chie, Bunchoo Supranee, Suthum Krairerk, Tipkrua Nattakan, Fukushima Yukari, Suzuki Yasuhiko
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BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) outbreaks have occurred in the Thamaka district, Kanchanaburi province in Thailand. METHODS: Seventy-two isolates, which included 7% mono-, 30.6% MDR and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), were genotyped by spoligotyping, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) and single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, and their...
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