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Drug resistance gene mutations and treatment outcomes in MDR-TB: A prospective study in Eastern China.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2021
Liu Qiao, Yang Dandan, Qiu Beibei, Martinez Leonardo, Ji Ye, Song Huan, Li Zhongqi, Wang Jianming
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BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) poses a serious challenge to TB control. It is of great value to search for drug resistance mutation sites and explore the roles that they play in the diagnosis and prognosis of MDR-TB. METHODS: We consecutively enrolled MDR-TB patients from five cities in Jiangsu Province, China, between January 2013 and December 2014. Drug susceptibility tests of rifampin,...
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