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Phenotypic and genotypic drug sensitivity profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and associated factors in northeastern Ethiopia.
BMC infectious diseases - 12 Mar 2021
Gashaw Fikru, Erko Berhanu, Mekonnen Yalemtsehay, Yenew Bazezew, Amare Misikir, Gumi Balako, Ameni Gobena
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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is a devastating and a deadly disease despite the novel advances in its diagnostic tools and drug therapy. Drug resistant Mycobacterium contributes a great share to tuberculosis mortality. Status of drug resistance and patients' awareness toward the disease is unknown in northeastern Ethiopia. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the phenotypic and genotypic drug sensitivity...
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