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Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Nepalese patients at a tuberculosis referral center.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2024
Chand Arun Bahadur, Basnet Ajaya, Maharjan Bhagwan, Rai Ganesh, Joshi Yadav Prasad, Bhatt Lok Raj, Sen Bindu, Rai Shiba Kumar
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BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), characterized by isoniazid and rifampicin resistance, is caused by chromosomal mutations that restrict treatment options and complicate tuberculosis management. This study sought to investigate the prevalence of pre-extensively drug-resistant (pre-XDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis, as well as mutation pattern, in Nepalese patients with...
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