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Transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis within family households by DTM-PCR and MIRU-VNTR genotyping.
BMC infectious diseases - 26 Feb 2022
Chen Jun, Chen Lifeng, Zhou Meng, Wu Gang, Yi Fenglian, Jiang Chen, Duan Qionghong, Zhou Meilan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health threat. There are few studies on transmission and genotyping of MDR-TB family households in China. This study aimed to investigate transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) within family households by deletion-targeted multiplex polymerase chain reaction (DTM-PCR), mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit variable...
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