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Predominance of the East-Asian Beijing genotype in a Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-resistant population in Central Malaysia.
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 1 Sept 2022
Zamri Hana Farizah, Ruzan Izayu Nurfarha, Ramli Siti Roszilawati, Ahmad Norazah
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OBJECTIVES: Previous diversity studies on local Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates, with or without antibiotic resistance, showed predominance of Indo-Oceanic East African-Indian (EAI) strains. This study focused specifically on a drug-resistant MTB population from Central Malaysia and aimed to investigate the genotypes and resistance patterns involved. METHODS: Whole-genome sequencing was performed on 56...
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