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Extremely lethal and hypervirulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain cluster emerging in Far East, Russia.
Emerging microbes & infections - 1 Dec 2021
Vinogradova Tatiana, Dogonadze Marine, Zabolotnykh Natalia, Badleeva Maria, Yarusova Irina, Vyazovaya Anna, Gerasimova Alena, Zhdanova Svetlana, Vitovskaya Maria, Solovieva Natalia, Pasechnik Oksana, Ogarkov Oleg, Mokrousov Igor
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the early ancient sublineage of the Beijing genotype are mostly drug susceptible and mainly circulate in East Asia. We have recently discovered two clusters of this sublineage emerging in the Asian part of Russia (VNTR-defined 1071-32 and 14717-15 types) and, to our surprise, both were strongly MDR/XDR-associated. Here, we evaluated their pathogenic features. The clinical...
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