Article
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY APPROACH TO TACKLE TREATMENT FAILURE IN DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS (DR-TB).
Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) - 1 Jan 2021
Dolynska Mariia G, Dolynskyi Gennadii A, Duhlii Tetiana V, Petrenko Vasyl I
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim: To analyze molecular epidemiology features of M. tuberculosis in Kyiv oblast; and to identify the safest mode of TB treatment, which will allow clinicians to minimize the risk of drug-resistant strains nosocomial transmission. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: 55 isolates of M. tuberculosis were collected in January-April, 2018 from 31 patients with new cases and 24 patients with...
Topics
- Genotype
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Phylogeny
- Treatment Failure
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
- Ukraine
